Your favourite pairing

[Hornchurch]

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Seeing Glider's post, above mine. am resonating with the mighty Ki.84 Hayate.

I've always had a fixation with it, arguably as one of my fave Japanese fighters, but I also LOVE the Raiden & the Ki.61 (Lush !)

Also like the twin-engined 'Gekko', with the Ki.45 Toryu almost giving me wood, just looking at it.

I mean, HOW can ya not be (Ahem) 'moved' by a plane called "Dragon Slayer" - Floats MY boat just looking at it.

I bought multiples of these Jap-Twins in 1/48th in both Tamiya ('Gekko') & Hasegawa ('Ki-45') respectively.

I'd like to therefore propose the Japanese 'Home Defence Force' of 1945 (fave pairing), as "Ki-45 Dragon-Slayer" & "Ki.84 Hayate"


But, I'm a Bomber man at heart, so, since childhood I've been pretty-much obsessed with a 'Deadly-Duo' from the DARK days of the war.


I'll nominate my 'E.T.O' (unlikely) pairing as the Short Stirling & the Handley Page Halifax, as I doubt they'll get a shout, elsewise !



P.S ; I did also upvote one of the lads who suggested de Havilland Mosquito & Bristol Beaufighter

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[gjs238]

F-15's & F-16's paired in Operation Opera:
Operation Opera - Wikipedia

On 7 June 1981, a flight of Israeli Air Force F-16A fighter aircraft, with an escort of F-15As, bombed and heavily damaged the Osirak reactor.[10]

 

[Admiral Beez]

Easy, the F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair. They complimented each other very well and together pretty much covered every task one could ask of a single-seat fighter aircraft in the PTO.

IDK, did the Hellcat and Corsair often operate as a pair or from the same ship? In the British FAA they were usually separated, and I believe the same was done on USN carriers.

For me, Mohawk and Vengeance in India. Two clearly second line US surplus aircraft thrown into a oft forgotten part of the RAF war in Burma.

 

[Valdez]

No mention of the Bf-109 and FW-190? Amazing

 

[DarrenW]

IDK, did the Hellcat and Corsair often operate as a pair or from the same ship? In the British FAA they were usually separated, and I believe the same was done on USN carriers.

They did at times, during selected operations from both land and sea. Most squadrons standardized on one type and could/would fly escort for the other. Mixing aircraft types within any unit can be problematic, as differing performance envelops can make even simple formation flying problematic.

 

[Admiral Beez]

No mention of the Bf-109 and FW-190? Amazing

Did they pair up, like the Hurricane and Spitfire during the BoB, with one going for the bombers and the other the fighters? Or like the P-51 and B-17 operating together to complete the mission and get home? I assume the Bf 109 and Fw 190 operated separately, albeit often over the same combat field and would be considered associates rather than a pairing, akin to the P-51 and P-47. The Bf 109 and Fw 190 didn't complement each other, but rather competed for the same role. But if you're looking for the two German single seat fighters then yes, it can only be the pair of Bf 109 and Fw 190.

 

[nuuumannn]

I'll nominate my 'E.T.O' (unlikely) pairing as the Short Stirling & the Handley Page Halifax, as I doubt they'll get a shout, elsewise !

I'll see your Stirling and Halifax and raise you a Lancaster and Hali since the two are subject to endless comparison.

I'll add Fulmar and Firefly, or post war Sea Fury and Firefly.

Emden & Sydney 57

As an aside, the prolific Australian author Stewart Wilson put out a series of books in the late 80s and early nineties about aircraft that served with the Australian armed forces and suffixed each title with "...In Australian Service", such as Sea Fury, Firefly and Sea Venom, Lincoln, Canberra and F-111, Meteor, Sabre and Mirage, Boston, Mitchell and Liberator, Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk, Anson, Hudson and Sunderland and so on. (A link showing all the titles, out of interest.)

'In Australian Service' From Stewart Wilson's private collection to yours

 

[fastmongrel]

If we are spreading the net further than WW2 then the Sopwith Camel and Royal Aircraft Factory SE5

 

[GrauGeist]

I've always maintained that the He280 and Me262 would have been the perfect duo.

The He280 with it's true fighter qualities flying top-cover for the Me262 intercepting bombers would have provided a great deal of trouble for the Allies.

 

[Sarge2562]

A-20 Havoc and B-26 Marauder or B-25 and P-38.