WWII's ugliest fighter (of these options)

GrauGeist · Jan 1, 2013

stug3 said:
I think the Stuka has the most menacing look of any AC Ive seen. Another one would be the A-10 Warthog.

The Stuka certainly looks like a dangerous machine and there's no surprise that the greatest of all Stuka pilots was an advisor on the A-10 Thunderbolt II's development

Aozora · Jan 1, 2013

Sticking with fighters, the P-61 has to be one of the meanest looking bruisers of WW2 - all it needed was tattoos and shaved head

AirWolf · Jan 1, 2013

For me it only looks mean because its big, not much more then that

pattle · Jul 23, 2013

P51 especially the razor back models? I like the razor back models much more than the bubble canopy models and the same goes for the Spitfire but oddly enough I prefer the P47 with a bubble canopy. I think the Me109F to be the least ugly Me109, while I think the Me109g to be the most ugly but they are included as the same choice. It is just personal taste though.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Jul 23, 2013

I understand personal taste and all, but yhe P-51 and Bf 109? Ugly? No way...

swampyankee · Jul 23, 2013

Skua, mostly because it was, well, ugly. It did do some good things, so its heart was in the right place.

stug3 · Jul 24, 2013

pattle said:
P51 especially the razor back models? I like the razor back models much more than the bubble canopy models and the same goes for the Spitfire but oddly enough I prefer the P47 with a bubble canopy. I think the Me109F to be the least ugly Me109, while I think the Me109g to be the most ugly but they are included as the same choice. It is just personal taste though.

In another thread a couple years ago I compared the look of the razor back Mustang to the Fastback Ford Mustang. I still think its the coolest looking plane ever.

swampyankee · Jul 24, 2013

Oh, now we're morphing "ugly" into "dangerous looking." For that, I've got to vote "Tempest." Or maybe B-29.

GrauGeist · Jul 24, 2013

Big difference between dangerous and ugly...unless it's a very large woman. Who's ugly. And also angry.

Now you're talking trouble....

pattle · Jul 24, 2013

DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
I understand personal taste and all, but yhe P-51 and Bf 109? Ugly? No way...

I don't think the P51 ugly, but I much prefer the razor back version to the bubble canopy version and just to be extra fussy it needs to be painted green as well. I find that a lot of planes look much better when painted in certain colours, for me P51s and B17s look better in green while B24s, B25s and P47s look their best in natural aluminium, P40s look best in RAF desert colours while P38s and B26s just look good in any colour.
I always look upon the Me109E G and as a right pair of munters but for some reason I like the Me109F (particularly in mottled desert colours).
These are all prejudices I picked up from making airfix kits when I was a nipper.

razor1uk · Jul 24, 2013

pattle said:
....These are all prejudices I picked up from making airfix kits when I was a nipper.

Well said in a way, no beating around the bush Basil Fawlty style. like a svelte and sexy body with a fugly head on it or vice versa, the beholder has the eye etc...

I'd say the IL-2, DC3/C-47/Li-2/L2D (perhaps), Beaufort, Dewotines/Morraines the Lysander were uglier than most others - the ugliest is the Fairly Gannet or failed/cancelled jet prototype Shturmovik, but their post war...

Blitzrockie · Jul 19, 2016

The A5M IS UGLY.I hate it's looks.

Blitzrockie · Jul 19, 2016

The A5M is attached least by my definition should be killed with fire. Also nice pic Oreo.

Guv · Mar 12, 2017

Hi, new on here.
I was going to pick the I-16 until I saw the Skua on the list!
What's eye opening is some of the others picked as ugly.
Mustang?????????
Whirlwind??????
Hurricane????
F4U???
Zero???

fastmongrel · Mar 12, 2017

Why is the Skua on the list it's not a fighter. It was a Dive-bomber with a secondary role as a patrol/fleet defense aircraft. If you include the Skua why not other naval dive-bombers that also did fleet defense in an emergency.

Guv · Mar 12, 2017

The Skua should be probably replaced with the Roc. I think the Roc was uglier than the Skua, if that's possible!

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage · Mar 29, 2017

ShVAK said:
"Ugly fighter" to me is an oxymoron.

Though most of the French fighters weren't very attractive.

I agree however, nothing can beat the period's French bombers! Take for instance the Farman F.211 and Amiot 143. They are Truly UGLY!

Amiot 143 Medium Bomber Aircraft Image

Farman F.211 Day-Night Four-Engined Heavy Bomber Prototype Image

Still better! French warships from the late XIX century. They are nothing less than floating nightmares:

FS Bouvet (1898) Predreadnought Battleship Image

And the gold medalist:

french battleship carnot - Bing images

Yes indeed, the I-16 deserves an ugly prize.

soulezoo · Mar 30, 2017

Oh my... that Carnot... that is a gold medal in ugly.

It looks like they dredged the Channel for the remains of the Spanish Armada, pieced them together with some iron cladding and called it a day.

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage · Mar 31, 2017

soulezoo said:
Oh my... that Carnot... that is a gold medal in ugly.

It looks like they dredged the Channel for the remains of the Spanish Armada, pieced them together with some iron cladding and called it a day.

You are quite right Soulezoo. Perhaps they believed that an enemy, seeing such a "thing" (truly a steam punk horror), would be frightened away. Cherio! Sir P.

buffnut453 · Mar 31, 2017

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage said:
You are quite right Soulezoo. Perhaps they believed that an enemy, seeing such a "thing" (truly a steam punk horror), would be frightened away. Cherio! Sir P.

Or inadvertently open their bilge cocks because they're laughing so hard.

WWII's ugliest fighter (of these options)

WWII's ugliest fighter

I-15 / I-153

I-16

LaGG-1 / LaGG-3

MiG-1 / MiG-3

Yak-1 (or later Yak's)

Cr. 32

Cr. 42

G.50

MC 200

C.202 / C.205

Re 2000

Re 2001

Re 2002

Re 2005

Bf 109 E and earlier

Bf 109 F and later

Bf 110

Ju 88 fighters

he 219

Me 262

Me 210 / Me 410

Me 163

Fw 190A / F / G

Fw 190 D / Ta 152

D 520

MB 150 / 151 / 152 / 155

Morane Ms 406 etc

Potez 630 series

Fokker D.XXI

PZL P.11, P.7, P.24

IAR 80

VL Myrsky

Boomerang

Rogyzarski

A6M

A5M

J2M

N1K series

Ki-43

Ki-44

Ki-61

Ki-84

Skua

Defiant

Gladiator

Meteor

Whirlwind

Beaufighter

Fulmar

Firefly

Spitfire (!) be prepared to explain

Hurricane

Typhoon

Tempest

P-35

P-38

P-40

P-47

P-51 (especially razorback models?)

P-61

F2A

F4F

F4U

F6F

P-70 / Havoc

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

Staff Sergeant

Airman

Senior Airman

Private Chemtrail Disperser

Chief Master Sergeant

Staff Sergeant

Chief Master Sergeant

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

Senior Airman

Staff Sergeant

Airman

Airman