Worst aircraft of WW2?

[R Pope]

The Komet actually had the best flying characteristics of any Luftwaffe fighter. The engine was an abomination, though.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but that still makes it a bad plane, it had potential but it was still bad...........

 

[Lightning Guy]

The TBD may not have been the worst aircraft of the war. But it certainly deserves to be in the running. It was obsolete at the start, contriduted virtually nothing to the Allied war effort, and in its biggest battle it was shot down in droves.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Not really...the plane was good, engine bad...I dont really think it should be considered for this.

 

[redcoat]

Not really...the plane was good, engine bad...I dont really think it should be considered for this.

Oh yes it should....
The plane was nothing more than a death trap.
What numb-nuts designs a plane with highly explosive fuels on board and then as its landing gear fits a skid....

 

[mosquitoman]

Willy Messerschmit, the same guy who designed the Me262

 

[evangilder]

The idea behind the Me-163 was interesting, but the volatile fuels and the landing gear configuration were just a dangerous combination. I think as a research aircraft, it would have been one thing, but as a warbird, it was not effective.

 

[KraziKanuK]

Willy Messerschmit, the same guy who designed the Me262

Messerschmitt was the manufacturer but the designer was Lippisch.

Only one of the fuels was dangerous.

Here is avery good website for the Walter motor. http://www.walter-rockets.i12.com/walter/walter.htm

Another website with an article by Rudy Opitz, the test pilot. http://www.flightjournal.com/fj/articles/me163/me163_1.asp

 

[evangilder]

I don't think I have said a proper welcome, KK. Welcome, you seem to be settling in nicely. Good info in those links. 8)

 

[cheddar cheese]

Ok...we need to start compiling a list of contenders...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

Fairey Battle.........

anyone who suggests the wordfish is seriously dead BTW..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Wordfish

Ok I thnk we got:

Fairey Battle
Blackburn B-25 Roc
TBD Devastator
Breda 88
Blackburn Botha
Me-163 Komet

I vote for Breda 88, after doing research I see it was dreadful...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

why can't you include the komet?? it was ahead of it's time but an absolute death trap...............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Fine...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'm going for the battle then..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Why, at least it could fly...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but it sucked..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Wow, im convinced. Being told it sucked is enough to convince anyone how bad a plane is...use more detail...at least it could fly. The RAF didnt really have anything else to use...

Not only was the Breda 88 poor in its role but it had extremely bad flight characteristics.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

didn't anything else to use?? there was absolutly no point in using the ones they did use, they weren't doing anything to stop the germans..............

 

[Lightning Guy]

I'm still going with the TBD. Obsolete at the start of the war. Terrible performance. Slaughtered at Midway.