Favourite WWII Planes

[yak52dude]

Hey fellow nzffer's, I thought I'd do a topic asking what are your favorite WW2 planes? I know there's been alot of simular topics like this in the past, but I thought it would be cool just to see what kind of aviation fan's we have out there.

Now I thought it would go a bit like this as, it's pretty much impossible to have a single plane that you like the most, so I've put mine in order from 1/10 (1 being the best). Here are mine:

no.11 p-47
no.10 B-17
no.9 Avro Lancaster
no.7 Junkers ju-87 stuka (a true classic)
no.6 bf-110 (i seem to have a bit of soft spot for them)
no.5 hawker hurricane
no.4 Super Marine spitfire
no.3 p-40
no.2 bf-109 (I know but it's a classic ww2 fighter
no.1 p-38

PS, you don't have to have 11 it can be any amount you want.

thanks,
Kieran

[Snowman]

#1 DeHavilland Mosquito

#2 Hawker Tempest

#3 Supermarine Spitfire

#4 Hawker Typhoon

#5 Bristol Beaufighter

#6 Avro Lancaster

#7 Boeing B-29

#8 Boeing B-17

#9 North American P-51 Mustang

#10 Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Lawrie.

[AlisterC]

Nice choices!

10 Fairey Swordfish
9 B25 Mitchell (Briefing Time!)
8 A26B Invader
7 DH Mosquito
6 P38 Lightning
5 ME BF109G
4 F6F Hellcat (since the F8 Bearcat missed service.. and thus this poll)
3 B17G Flying Fortress (God bless those boys)
2 Spitfire Mk1
1 P51D Mustang

[kiwibarguy]

1. B-24-simply majestic, destructive and beautiful
2. C-47-As Eisenhower said, The skytrain, bazooka, atom bomb and jeep were the 4 weapons that won the war.
3. B-17-guns for Africa
4. P40- Powerhorse GRRRRRR
5. Corsair-Who doesn't like seagull wings
6. Dauntless- Love the rear gunner-IL2 freak!
7. Nakajima Ki-43 - just looks fearsome
8. Fieseler Fi 156 Storch - most people would laugh at this but i can't help but have some fascination for it.
9. Heinkel 111 - Simply beautiful
10. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka - I'm with you on that keiran- just a beautiful plane.

This list is not based on performance, just what looks great visually and is not ranked as each is to its own.
Great idea, helped get through another hour of work! oooh yeah friday!

[yak52dude]

QUOTE (kiwibarguy @ Jun 13 2008, 03:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

1. B-24-simply majestic, destructive and beautiful
2. C-47-As Eisenhower said, The skytrain, bazooka, atom bomb and jeep were the 4 weapons that won the war.
3. B-17-guns for Africa
4. P40- Powerhorse GRRRRRR
5. Corsair-Who doesn't like seagull wings
6. Dauntless- Love the rear gunner-IL2 freak!
7. Nakajima Ki-43 - just looks fearsome
8. Fieseler Fi 156 Storch - most people would laugh at this but i can't help but have some fascination for it.
9. Heinkel 111 - Simply beautiful
10. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka - I'm with you on that keiran- just a beautiful plane.

This list is not based on performance, just what looks great visually and is not ranked as each is to its own.
Great idea, helped get through another hour of work! oooh yeah friday!

Nice choice kiwibarguy.I can't think of a better aircraft during ww2 that was more suited for it's roll than the stuka I mean yeah so what it was easy to shot
down but I mean it's so graceful when it dives down it's like a eagle sweeping down on it's prey.

[markll]

1. SPITFIRE!!!!! (High back variants)
2. P-51
3. Corsair (bubble canopy variants only!)
4. Spitfire (lowback variants)
5. Lancaster
6. P-40 (-F variant onwards, i.e. the ones that had Merlins!!!)
7. B-17G
8. Me 262 (Can't believe that noone else mentioned this one!!!)
9. Avenger
10. Mosquito

[spongebob206]

EXCELLENT TOPIC, EXCELLENT CHOICES.

1. MOSQUITO
2. CORSAIR
3. C47 DC3 DAKOTA
4. SPITFIRE
5. LANCASTER
6. HURRICANE
7. P51 MUSTANG
8. P40 KITTYHAWK
9. P38 LIGHTNING
10. BREWSTER BUFFALO
11. BEAUFIGHTER

[Naki]

1. Spitfire Mk IX (Merlin !)......actually could say Spitfire marks all the way through to no 10!
2. P-51D (Merlin!)
3. Mosquito (TWO Merlins!)
4. Lancaster (FOUR Merlins!!!)
5. P-40E (Alison V-12!)
6. Bf-109E (Daimler DB 601 V-12!)
7. Yak-3 (Klimov V-12!)
8. Bf-110 (2 Daimler DB 601 V-12s!)
9. Better have a couple of radials - B-17
10. C-47
11. Beaufighter

Brewster Buffalou Derek? Beaufighter - I forgot about that and had to add that to my list!

[Alfashark]

1. Bf 109 (in particular E3-4's... F thru K got overweight and less well harmonised)
2. Spitfire (V, IX, XIV and Mk 22)
3. FW 190 (all models, inclusive of the Ta 152)
4. P 47 Thunderbolt (Razorbacks - pre D-25 models)
5. He 219 Uhu (radar, bang-seat, Schräge Musik... 'nuff said)
6. B 17 'nuff said
7. B 24 (see above)
8. Fi 156 Storch (ever seen a real one fly? you could almost convert those fling-wing nutters with one of these... )
9. Westland Lysander (see above)
10.Polikarpov I-153 (the ballsiest biplane fighter ever built? )

[Ian Warren]

From the other side off the Pacific , Alister picks the Fairey Swordfish , now that would be one scary plane to go into combat in .. theres a brilliant doco at Utube , Sink the Bismark 7/8 parts but puts the spotlight on this amazing allmost WW1 type .

[Peppermint]

1. Me-109 (early version, square wings)
2. Avro Lancaster
3. Mig-3
4. POLIKARPOV I-16!!!
5. PZL P.11
6. Yak-3
7. IL-2
8. Avro Manchester (mini Lancaster, who wouldn't love em?)
9. Handley page Halifax
10. B-24 Liberator
11. Taylorgraft grasshopper

[yak52dude]

QUOTE (Alfashark @ Jun 13 2008, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

1. Bf 109 (in particular E3-4's... F thru K got overweight and less well harmonised)
2. Spitfire (V, IX, XIV and Mk 22)
3. FW 190 (all models, inclusive of the Ta 152)
4. P 47 Thunderbolt (Razorbacks - pre D-25 models)
5. He 219 Uhu (radar, bang-seat, Schräge Musik... 'nuff said)
6. B 17 'nuff said
7. B 24 (see above)
8. Fi 156 Storch (ever seen a real one fly? you could almost convert those fling-wing nutters with one of these... )
9. Westland Lysander (see above)
10.Polikarpov I-153 (the ballsiest biplane fighter ever built? )

nice 1 alfashark I was going 2 put the bf-109 1 st as well but 4 some reason i just like the p-38 but i must say if it came down 2 it I'd put the 109 1st aswell but i wouldn't be fear.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

BF-109E
BF-110
B-17
Beaufighter
C-47
B-29
HE-219
Westland Lysander
Spitfire (Later Ones)
FW 190

[chopper_nut]

1- Spitfire IX
2- A-26 Invader
3- P51D
4- Lancaster BIII
5- Mosquito
6- Hurricane II
7- B-26 Marauder
8- Tempest
9- B-17F
10- Beaufighter

[Ian Warren]

Sitting .... Waiting .... Who was going to put the Martin B-26 Marauder in their list ... Finally Chopper_nut .. and some may say requires rotors to keep it up ... the shape , nacelle design and its sporty looks , This is my number 1 , guess the history has a lot to do with my choice , but the 26 for the period and a speedy ground attack using its 4 X .5 brownings .

[Yak52aholic]

Oh jeez, so many to choose from, none in any perticular order: Spitfire mk 9, P-40, P-51D, Mossie, Avenger, Yak-3, P-38, Hurricane, B-24, Lancaster, there are probably lots more I can't think of right now.

Edit: Of course I can't forget the wonderful little J-3 Cub! C'mon, it won in the last dogfight of the European part of the war!

[AlisterC]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 13 2008, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

From the other side off the Pacific , Alister picks the Fairey Swordfish , now that would be one scary plane to go into combat in .. theres a brilliant doco at Utube , Sink the Bismark 7/8 parts but puts the spotlight on this amazing allmost WW1 type .

haha I'd hate to be in one Ian, but I think it's a beautiful design as far as 'string bags' go!

[Charl]

I guess the topic being "favourite" the Mitsubishi A6M Zero wouldn't rate too highly in anyone's list.
But it was a brilliant aircraft, in the early years of the Pacific War, dogfighting one of those, in any other aircraft, had only one outcome
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[yak52dude]

QUOTE (Charl @ Jun 14 2008, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I guess the topic being "favourite" the Mitsubishi A6M Zero wouldn't rate too highly in anyone's list.
But it was a brilliant aircraft, in the early years of the Pacific War, dogfighting one of those, in any other aircraft, had only one outcome
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Yeah but we must remember that it was a stolen design from Howard Hughes, and once it was captured, the US knew who to defeat it.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (yak52dude @ Jun 14 2008, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah but we must remember that it was a stolen design from Howard Hughes, and once it was captured, the US knew who to defeat it.

I would,nt put it that way .... Howard would be most embrassed with this design

were as his WWII Connie proved , allies were very , will ya look at that , we'll easy fix that!

the new updated P40 built as tough as nails ........................