What was the worst Aircraft of WWII? (1 Viewer)

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Huckebein said:
heh, but the Vengeance never even made it into combat it was so bad - The RAF received a load, flew one, and concluded immediately that they were totally useless in Europe and the pacific. At least they saw fit to give the Battle a shot... :D

The Vultee Vengeance was used by the IAF/RAF, in the campaign againt the Japs in Burmah , where it apparently performed quite well .

Andrew

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Anyway, back on topic, the Whitley and the Battle were both easy meat for the Germans, so they get my vote.
 
I am stiill convinced that the worst Aircraft of WW2 , was the Fairey Barracuda 1 , it use to fall out of the sky without any assitance from the Germans . The Barracuda had a structual weakness in it's tailplane , which caused it to fall off occaisonally , and not only that it was very slow , and not very manoeuvrable , this is despite the fact that it was powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin. The Barrcuda 2 was a slightly better aircraft .

Andrew

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The problem with the Seafire's landing gear , was a design flaw not really a structual weakness , the landing gear was designed to land on grass airfirlds , not the pitching deck of an Aircraft Carrier doing 30Knots . The design of the landing gear of the last mark of Seafire was changed , and it was much stonger .

The Seafire could not operate from Escort Carriers , as they had a maximum speed of 17knts , and so you would need quite a head wind to operate Seafire's effectively , which is where the problem with Landing Seafire's arose , as they were expected to operate off the beaches of Salerno , from Escort Carriers with no head wind , and they repeatedly crashed into the barrier , or bounced heavily and broke their landing gear .

Whereas it was found with proper training and the right conditions , that the Seafire could operate effectively from Fleet Carriers , as they had a much Larger Flightdeck , and a much higher speed .

Seafire's in high wind conditions did not need much of a takeoff run .

Andrew
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hey,i had an uncle who completed 50 missions in a manchester and got to go home,lol
 
I think the length of tours depended on what you were doing. Fighter pilots in the Pacific had to do three six week tours before going home, and I've heard both 30 and 50 I think for bombers in Europe.
 
the lancaster kicks ass said:
i think a tour is 30 raids
i dont know but i asked my family and i have a original picture of his bomber and it has 50 mission stars on the side.ill try and scan it if i fix my scanner
 

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