Worst aircraft of WW2?

• Aug 24, 2006

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Nice clip!

 

• Aug 24, 2006

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Nice clip, I tried to dive a Blenheim when I was in Malta however, it was a decompression dive and I haven't done enough to allow me to do it...

 

• Oct 26, 2006

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From what I've read of the Battle, it was a pretty good airplane, nice to fly with no bad habits. It just wasn't a very good warplane, by the time it had to prove itself.

 

• Oct 28, 2006

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The worst plane of World War Two was undoubtedly French, the Breguet 270. Well, if it wasn't the worst, at least it looked convincingly bad.

Oh dear, I can't find a pic on the net. Have to scan one.

 

• Oct 28, 2006

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Going back on the posts here, it's got to be the Ba.88. Any flyable aircraft that is purposely used as a target by it's operator has to be somewhat problematic!

 

• Oct 28, 2006

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And remember to use the term 'flyable' very loosely when describing the Ba.88

 

• Oct 28, 2006

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Yep!

 

• Oct 29, 2006

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Whatever you say about the Ba.88, do not be so quick to dismiss those you may not have heard about. The Breguet 270/271 was one of the fastest ways of bringing about manpower reductions that has yet been discovered. Look at this!

 

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• Oct 29, 2006

• #589

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It looks like a flying broom...

But remember, that was an observation aircraft designed in the late 20s. The Breda was supposed to be front line equipment at the opening of the war. Look at the normal performance of the aircraft and it could barely get out of its own way...

 

• Oct 29, 2006

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what a beauty!

 

• Oct 29, 2006

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Just because it is French lanc...

Agreed on the Ba-88, it can almost not be classed as an aeroplane...

 

• Oct 29, 2006

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seriously what's wrong with it? cute short legs, a thin waistline, bulges in all the right places and nice curves!

 

• Oct 29, 2006

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And an "Oh Merde! We have forgotten the tail section so lets just stick a bit of metal on the back and put it on there" attitude to the back end

 

• Oct 29, 2006

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I would have to agree that the Blackburn Roc is one of the worst designs to ever get off the drawing board of one of the worst aircraft design companies to ever exist. The idea of putting a turret on the back end of a Skua is simply stupid. You can bet none of the designers were ever going to fly that into combat.

 

• Oct 30, 2006

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That Br270 above actually flew on ops in 1939-40. Not very often, though, about once each, in fact.

I'd have thought that a good qualification for being the worst aircraft of WW2 would be killing the pilot almost every flight - so how about the Me163? At least you'd go out with a bang, not a whimper!

 

• Oct 30, 2006

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brewster buffalo i would submit all time worse aircraft WW2. CAC wirraway not much better. unfortunately haven't pics to show you

 

• Oct 30, 2006

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i agree with ndicki the me163 i wonder if it killed more of its own pilots and ground crew than those it was fighting against

 

• Oct 30, 2006

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Emac44 said:

brewster buffalo i would submit all time worse aircraft WW2. CAC wirraway not much better. unfortunately haven't pics to show you

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Go back in this thread and read some of the stuff about the Buffalo. It actually had the highest Kill-loss ratio of the war!!!

 

• Oct 30, 2006

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yes there are some big fans of the buff on here and she most cirtainly isn't the worst of the war, and i hardly think tonto's bashing of the Blackburn comany's very justified, the Roc and Defiant are victims of pre-war thinking on the part of the RAF not the companies..........

 

• Oct 30, 2006

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Although the RAF, RAAF and FAA (over Crete - its only use in Western Europe) got chopped to bits flying the Buffalo, the Finnas did well with it. I expect that's already been said.

The initial versions of the Buffalo were not at all bad, apparently; it's when they started sticking all the 'accessories' like armour plate and dingies on that it dropped off.