Thanks Marc. As always an informed and informative response.
Favorite WW2 Fighter Plane
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I’m surprised the Me-109 has not found any love in the survey.
At 57% of all German fighter production and according to some sorces, the most produced fighter aircraft in history at 33,984 units and in service with the Fins, the Swiss, as well as others and used even after the war by Romainia well into the 1950’s. The Czech copy the S-199 even saw service with the Israeli AF. A generally good all around, well designed, fighter.
But yes no love in the poll, perhaps its such a common WW2 Workhorse that it has no sex appeal, simple with no spice. Kind of like the Sherman Tank or the Liberty Ship…just a solid hardworking weapon.
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lol i was playing a game i was canada had a max of food and bam…. i had 40 churchills and creamed everyone the shermans wer fast but nto as good as the smoking hot shermans
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NICE post AB. I’m back at the front as per your request.
I voted for the Fock Wulf 190 and the Corsair. The Fock Wulf a-4 and a-5 are my all time favorite fighters of the war. I love the beauty of it and love the bravery of the men that flew that plane up against insurmountable odds in the ending years.
The Corsair does not get enough credit. While the Hellcat has the highest kill ratio for the US, (19-1; I believe) it was a short range fighter. The Corsair had to do all the long range dirty work. I’ve talked at length to Corsair pilots and the love they have for that plane is unbelievable. GREAT range, amazing manueverability and an excellent engine. They didn’t even complain about carried landings being difficult. One guy’s corsair went down after he completed his sorties. Another pilot had to bailed out of it. He actually cried and mourned the loss of his former plane for a year.
The last pilot I spoke with talked about him and his wing man were offered flight instructor postions taking them out of combat during the heat of the Pacific air war. They were both already aces and turned down the promotion. He said they loved flying that plane and wanted to keep “getting their feet wet in the thick of it.”
Unfortunately most 190 aces were killed in '44 to '45 mainly because the thunderbolts & P-51’s were everywhere and superior technologically.
The 190 had a cramped cockpit. The Corsairs was beautiful. The later versions actually had a friggin ash trey in them. Now that’s style! Love the way the wheels retract.
OMG. I could go on and on. Much love to Erich Hartmann however who flew the 190. Highest scoring combat ace in history. EVEN with an outdated plane he managed to take out a few Mustangs.
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I personally love the Corsair
And of course respect must go to the Me-262 -
I have always liked the look of the Me-109, so sleek looking and powerful. 8-)
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@Krupp:
I have always liked the look of the Me-109, so sleek looking and powerful. 8-)
I KNOW!!! :-) I LOVE that plane. It’s actually one of my favorite fighters of all time. The 109 e-4 trop. That plane is aweseome!. Seeing footage of those things dive and fly in formation is amazing. Those pilots (in the beginning) were some of the best trained and combat experienced pilots in the world due to their experience in the Spanish Civil War and The Battle of Britain.
I’m suprised that the ME-262 has so many votes! Granted, it was the peak of technology, it had a lot of technical problems. There isn’t a single pilot that would fly that thing these days. I think there’s no flyable ones right now but they’re in the process of remaking one that is safer to fly than the originals.
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The 109 e-4 trop is certainly a beautiful plane, I could only imagine having a squadron of those coming towards me… :-o
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@Krupp:
The 109 e-4 trop is certainly a beautiful plane, I could only imagine having a squadron of those coming towards me… :-o
I know man! Think of being in a B-17f and getting jumped by like 200 hundred of them with no fighter escort. All the way to your target and most of the way back. Those pilots would come at you head on (12 o’clock high) “GREAT movie btw” and sometimes the pilot would be killed or the 109 damaged and they’d just ram right into you. I heard a personal account from another B-17 crew member that saw one crash head on into the Fortress and the spinning engine and propeller came ripping out the tail gunners section still flying for a couple hundred yards.
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The me is up spitfire and the yaks and everyone else move get more people and i still say this were is the japanese zero seriously! the pacific theatre was an important part of japan didnt ally itself with germany maybe when germany and usa fought dundun dun japanese empire yes the glorius o no ahh back stabbers sorry this will need a transmition.
K im back the japanese killed all the american planes and canada allied the japanese lol!
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I’m surprised the Me-262 has so much love. I thought the winner of this poll would be a plane with a longer combat record.
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F6F Hellcat score more kill any other plane in war from what I read. They do this against Zero and other Japan plane. F6F Hellcat better than Zero.
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the hell cat didnt come until later at the end of 1943 so the zero took the seas and battle fields in asia kicked aassssssss! annyways weres the betty weres the zero (u can kick the betty out though!
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@ABWorsham:
I’m surprised the Me-262 has so much love. I thought the winner of this poll would be a plane with a longer combat record.
If your talking about the combat record including confirmed kills for WW2, excluding planes that were used in Korea post war, then the 109 has my vote. On the other hand, in terms of a stone cold killing machine that could withstand a lot of punishment and perform like a bat out of hell, then the P-47 would have my vote as well.
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I voted for the P-38 first. Love the design, and it was the aircraft that killed Yamamoto, so it gets bonus points.
Voted for the Mosquito second…possibly the best bang for the buck of any WWII aircraft, and a superb night-aircraft.
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interesting someone voted for the hellcat i am guessing because there is no love for the pacific(those japanese had no chance at late 1943 sigh)
Anyways the me is really high now.
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I thought that this was a good place for this link about a Mustang. Enjoy…
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i voted for the spitfire. it is the one i remember the most from watching wwII movies, the spitfires were always out numbered and out gunned, and when the RAF got the warning of the messerschmit’s imminent arrival to britain they would be in the air shooting down the nazi aircraft 10-1. i dont know if that is exactly true though :-)
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not 10 to 1, more like 2.5 to 1
better pilots, Radar giving early warning, and bombing in daylight.
Germans should have just sent in fighters to raid airfields and engage fighters. Bombers should have came over only in night.
The loses are mainly bombers and stukas
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yeah, around 2:1 is more accurate, i was looking at some stats for the battle of britain losses, luftwaffe 1750 losses, RAF 900 losses, not counting the blitz.
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The German’s lack of a modern escort fighter was a huge set back in the Battle of Britain. The Me-110 was a complete failure at this job. The Me-109 was a great fighter, however, it was an interceptor not an escort fighter.
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