Which plane was best?

[Sock]

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[ozzy72]

Spitfire, no ifs, no buts!
Or else I'll marmalade you..........

Ozzy

[Sock]

Go ahead Ozzy, you don't scare me!  

[ozzy72]

You haven't heard what I put in my marmalade.......

[Scottler]

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[Fly2e]

Posted by: ozzy72 Posted on: Today at 1:55pm
You haven't heard what I put in my marmalade.......  

I know first hand. Here is what he did to my house!!



Yummy...............orange marmelade

Dave  8)

[Sock]

No, no I have not.    But you can marmalade all you want!  The P-47 is the best plane to ever take to the sky!  

[Ivan]

Gotta be the Hawker Hurricane. Because, to put it simply, it won the war. If it wasn't for the Hurricane then Europe would have fallen well before Germany declared war on America. The Russians also would have had an airforce of out dated Bi-planes if we didn't lend lease them hurricanes also it served in EVERY theatre of war and shot down more aircraft than any other in history. That reason enough?

Is a La-5 a Biplane??
The last biplanes which made a difference were the Po-2's of the "Night Witches" and the I-153 which served only in the beginning months of the war.
Except for a few obsolete bombers, not much biplanes.

Yes, they got spitfires, P-40's, Hurricanes and Airacobra's, but had good aircraft too (Yak-3, Il-2, Pe-2)

The idea about dedicated tank-killer aircraft was invented by the russians, with the Airacobra

[BFMF]

Howcome you're talking about the P-47 in the pacific??? Didn't the Corsair see combat throughout the entire war in the Pacific???

[Craig.]

hey dave are you still cleaning up that marmalade? at least your gonna have something to put on your toast every morning for a while:)
as for what was best, it was def spitfire,

[Rifleman]

With the initial question of WWII in mind and not just A/C which only flew for the latter years, I think this is a horse race between two birds which show longevity of production runs which started before the war and showed development to 1945 and beyond........if its a mere case of numbers then the Me(Bf)-109 would hold the trophy for higher numbers, but if its for development and fewer losses, then maybe we shouldn't consider anything less, than all those which followed K5054 .........

[Sock]

Howcome you're talking about the P-47 in the pacific??? Didn't the Corsair see combat throughout the entire war in the Pacific???

I was talking about the 47 in the PTO because someone asked if any P-47 pilot had kills in the Pacific.  No the Corsair didn't fight the whole war in the Pacific, the Wildcat came first.  

[Jared]

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Perhaps in your list you should have the 4 engined bombers - B17, Lancaster, B25
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Agree strongly with Kevib1 about BIG bombers such as the B-17, B-29, B-24, and some smaller ones like the B-25, and on, and on...

In the poll I chose the Mustang because I have an OLD friend who flew mustang's in WWII.  Lot's of interesting stories from this fellow.  My personal favorite of that era is the B-29, and the favorite of this modern era is between the f-14, and the Harrier.... :-)

Jared

[Ivan]

If you divide the list in theatre and role, it would be a better poll

[Woodlouse2002]

If you divide the list in theatre and role, it would be a better poll

And the Hurricane would be in ALL of them! LOL!!!