What was the worst Aircraft of WWII?

[plan_D]

I still don't think the Devestator is in the running for worst plane, ok, it had a bad run at Midway but it wasn't too bad in other battles and operations. At least it did its job sometimes.

 

[Lightning Guy]

The only other action it saw was Coral Sea and the early carrier raids. The Roc didn't see that much action. And I may be mistaken but I believe the Defiant destroyed 17 109s for no loss in one of its first engagements. Are we to claim that it was a decent fighter because of one success? So why claim the Devestator to be anything but a death trap because it had a decent showing at Coral Sea?

 

[plan_D]

Why claim it was poor because it had one bad run?

 

[Lightning Guy]

Because it was completely devestated. And it's not as if it was a fine plane after Midway, it was completely withdrawn from service because it was a terrible plane.

 

[kiwimac]

The Deastator and the Buffalo were pretty much on a par as was the Skua / Roc.

Kiwimac

 

[plan_D]

The Hurricane was basically withdrawn from frontline fighter duties by 1944, is that a poor plane? The Roc was a lot worse than the Devestator, I'm not saying the Devestator was a good plane but it wasn't the worst.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and i think i'm right in saying the battle was worse than the Roc???

 

[kiwimac]

Battle -- Roc, pretty much of a muchness, I'd have thought!

Kiwimac

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what's a muchness????

but atlest the Roc had more then two guns, they were just in the wrong place.........

 

[Lightning Guy]

The Hurrican served it's purpose winning the BoB. The Devestator never won anything. The Roc was not so much of a bad plane as it was a bad idea. The RAF specification doomed the plane before Blackburn even began to design it. And the Buffallo wasn't so bad in Finnish hands.

 

[plan_D]

It was a bad idea, that created a crap plane.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I would agree with that. The British quickly realized it was a terrible plan and pulled Roc from service. The Devestator was obsolete when the war started but was still a key component of the US carrier airgroups.

 

[brad]

manchester it was easly the manchester

 

[plan_D]

The Manchester? I think you've missed the title, worst aircraft.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah i mean how ban can a plane be if it leads the way for the lancaster...........

 

[plan_D]

We didn't see that coming.

 

[Lightning Guy]

But Lancaster's right. It's not so much that the Manchester was a bad plane as it is that it had bad engines.

 

[kiwimac]

On that basis the Breda was one of the most successful planes of WW2!

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[plan_D]

The Manchester wasn't good, but it definately wasn't the worst aircraft.