WWII AIRCRAFT RANKED BY SPEED

fubar57 · Dec 8, 2019

660 aircraft ranked by speed. The top 30 or so are mostly Luft '46 types so take it with a grain of salt. I'm just posting it for curiosity sake. You guys can go nuts on the accuracy...

https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/ww2-aircraft-ranked-by-speed.asp

fubar57 · Dec 8, 2019

I neglected to mention, click on the aircraft to open it's story

GregP · Dec 10, 2019

Luft 46 aircraft are fantasy. When a list starts off with fantasy airplanes, it is almost by definition, not very accurate.

fubar57 · Dec 10, 2019

Pretty much what I said

vikingBerserker · Dec 10, 2019

I had no idea WW2 lasted until 1949!

It is interesting however.

GrauGeist · Dec 11, 2019

Not sure where they get their numbers from (on the real aircraft), the He280 was faster than any piston fighter, but it's max. speed was in the low 500's and the He162 was just a bit faster than the Me262 (both topped out in the 560's at altitude).

K5083 · Dec 11, 2019

Couldn't see a Meteor IV, which actually existed and was the first aircraft to hold a world airspeed record over 600mph. There's probably a case for Vampire too, unless I missed it amongst all the fictional types.

GrauGeist · Dec 11, 2019

The Meteor's official speed record was set post-war (with an F.4) - only the F.1 and F.3 saw service during WWII.

swampyankee · Dec 11, 2019

GrauGeist said:
The Meteor's official speed record was set post-war (with an F.4) - only the F.1 and F.3 saw service during WWII.

Quite a few of the aircraft on that list did not see service at any time.

pinehilljoe · Dec 11, 2019

Thanks, there is so much data its hard to sift the wheat from the chafe

Graeme · Dec 11, 2019

I notice the site has a similar speed listing for "X-Planes" so I'm not sure why they repeated some of the 46Lufters again?

https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/ww2-aircraft-ranked-by-speed-xplanes.asp.

My knowledge on German projects is limited but there would've been faster projected speeds on the drawing office boards than that darty thingy? That Coal Sniffing Lippisch P.13 for example? >1,000 mph...

Lippisch P.13a - Wikipedia

RCAFson · Dec 12, 2019

I note that all the UK WW2 Jets are missing from the table.

swampyankee · Dec 12, 2019

The SOC was faster than a bunch of "aircraft" listed; it's hard to get much speed out of a napkin

GrauGeist · Dec 12, 2019

RCAFson said:
I note that all the UK WW2 Jets are missing from the table.

There's some listed, but you have to weed through the long-winded fantasy list to find them.

I'd caution anyone that isn't"t well versed in WWII aircraft to avoid that fictional list of horse-s**t...

Zipper730 · Dec 13, 2019

Honestly, the problem with charts like these: They're too simplistic.

They fail to reflect altitude on speed.

GrauGeist · Dec 13, 2019

Zipper730 said:
Honestly, the problem with charts like these: They're too simplistic.

They fail to reflect altitude on speed.

Or the actual speed rated for a particular type (meaning real aircraft, not fantasy drawings) like the He280 for example - it was fast for it's time, but max. speed was about 501 mph not 560 or whatever they had listed.

fubar57 · Dec 13, 2019

It starts................

GrauGeist · Dec 13, 2019

fubar57 said:
It starts................

Stop trolling!!

Graeme · Dec 13, 2019

Speed trivia...

fubar57 · Dec 13, 2019

I must be part Cheetah

WWII AIRCRAFT RANKED BY SPEED

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Lieutenant General

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Airman 1st Class

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Chief Master Sergeant

Senior Airman

1st Sergeant

Master Sergeant

Chief Master Sergeant

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Chief Master Sergeant

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General

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1st Sergeant

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