Worst aircraft of WW2?

[mosquitoman]

Botha, so bad it never became operational. Bad flight performance, under-armed and underpowered

 

[cheddar cheese]

Lets look at said culprits...

TBD Devastator

Me-163 Komet

Blackburn Botha

B-25 Roc

Fairey Battle

 

[Yeomanz]

323 gigant maybe , slow , very big-easily shot down ) and too many guns and they didnt help it in anyway

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it could be in the running i suppose although it was designed for secong line duties and not for combat with the enemy, i think..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah, it wasnt perfect but it did the job ok. I think the planes mentioned were far worse...

 

[Lightning Guy]

I think the 323 was an impressive aeronautical achievement for the simple fact that it flew.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Me too. In trials one dropped a 17 ton bomb, but the aircraft crashed due to structural failure caused by an allied strafing earlier in the week

 

[Viper]

i agree those pics are the worst planes of the war that botha looks like a accomplishment in reverse and the others are beond words

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well the 323 could carry up to 44,000lbs at a struggle i think, but i'm a bit sceptical of the 17ton bomb, was it really a bomb?? any onfo on the bomb??

 

[cheddar cheese]

Well 17 metric tons (which is what the site said) works out at about 39,000lbs I think...I have no info on the bomb im afraid. I read about it on www.warbirdsresourcegroup.com though...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well that really is all it says, i'd rather have some more info on it............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Me too...but AFAIC its true until proven otherwise

 

[Napier Sabre]

Has to be the Battle, those things got murdered.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nah, has to be the Breda 88, not only did they get slaughterd but they were crap in their role and could barely fly.

 

[mosquitoman]

No it's the Botha, it was so bad it didn't even get to an operational squadron

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

AFAIC

what the hell's that mean??

 

[cheddar cheese]

As far as im concerned...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ah well "AFAIC", i need more proof..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Ill get some after tea...yum Lasagne tonight