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  1. Mahross

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    Well we've done most things, why not aircraft. My favourite aircraft of WWII are the Hawker Tempest - a wonderful fighter with a great turn of speed, a brilliant development of Haker low wing monoplanes.

    http://cgi.tninet.se/~ytm843e/tempest.htm

    Vought Corsair - this was a monster of an aircraft that once everyone realised its potential would go on and improve in combat, it was alo one of the fastest aircraft of WWII.

    http://www.acepilots.com/planes/f4u_corsair.html

    and finally probably the best all round aircraft of the war the De Havilland Mosquito - this plane could do jsut about anything it was aked to. It was a night fighter, bomber reconaisance plane and ground attack plane. All you could ask for in my opinion.

    http://www.mossie.org/
     
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    Tank buster variation of the Ju 87. That is an awesome plane.
     
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  3. Greg A

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    I'd have to say my favorites are the B-17 Flying Fortress and the F6F Hellcat.

    Greg [​IMG]
     
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    I dont know much about aircraft but my favourites are the Lancaster and, as you said Greg, the B-17.
     
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    Although not my very favorite, but one of them- the A-26 Invader, served in WWII, Korea (as B-26 Invader), and Vietnam.
     
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  6. Erich

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    A-26, interesting, why that one if I may ask ? Martin will love this, another Mossie lover ;)
    I have too many over the years os I will not post them......oh yes I will !

    Ta 152, Ju 88G-6, Me 262A-1a, Ju 290A-5, and yes even the Mossie XXX .......

    ~E
     
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    My reasoning is based solely on the fact that I liked the aircraft for its appearance, load capabilities (up to 18 12.7mm's which was a lot for a two-seater), and long career in general, not for anything it did for the war effort.
     
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    I've always thought the P-38 was a bit under-appreciated in regards to performance, signifigance, and function. And I love the looks of the p-40, even though it was outdated. If it has a shark mouth it's just cool!
     
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    Doc, besides the P-51 armed Tuskeege airmen, wasn't the P-38 another aircraft flown by black airmen of the time?
     
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    The 332nd flew the P-47 first before handling the P-51. No P-38's to any black unit......sorry !

    ~E
     
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  11. Martin Bull

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    Oh dear - I just can't pick one ....

    So, to cheat a bit : -

    Favourite fighter : Supermarine Spitfire MkIX
    Favourite ground-attack : Hawker Typhoon Mk1B
    Favourite fighter-bomber : de Havilland Mosquito FBVI :cool:
    Favourite bomber : Avro Lancaster B1

    Hmmm - just realised they've all got something in common ! ;)
     
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    what no night fighter Martin ?! bahhhhhhhhaaaaa ;)

    ~E
     
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  13. Martin Bull

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    I didn't want to spoil the effect by going for -

    The bf110G-4 ! :eek: [​IMG]
     
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    Wha ? Martin, you must have spent a wee too much time in the local pub........eh ? ;)

    ~E :cool:
     
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    Well. Favourites:

    Bomber: Ju-88
    Fighter: Me-109K
    Fighter/bomber: Me-110D
    Night fighter: Me-110G

    They all have something in common too... :eek:

    But I must not forget about other special ones. I definately love the Spitfire and the Zero. [​IMG]
     
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  16. Martin Bull

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    Hmmmm - I think the Bull Air Force and the Friedrichwaffe could have an interesting shoot-out..... ;) [​IMG]
     
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    Fokker G-1

    Beat that! :D
     
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    Favorite ugly aircraft of WWII Amiot 143
    Best Flying Boat of WWII Kawanishi H8k Emily
    Best Float Plane of WWII Mitsubishi F1M2 Pete
    Best German fighter (piston) TA-152 (of course)
    Best night fighter Black Widow
    Best for the duration of the war start to finish is a tie between the Spitfire, Me-109, and the Zero, and the JU-88.
    Most underloved aircraft Handley Page Halifax
    Best Russian aircraft Llyushin 2 ground attack
    Best from Sweden FFVS J22 fighter
     
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    A site about a crashed G-1...Thanks! ;)

    It was the only fighter that had some succes in Dutch skies against the overpowering might of the Luftwaffe. It is a great plane and at the time rather up to date. Last true Fokker figher. Germans took the remaining G-1's and test flew them.

    That is a great site, Martin, thanks for that! A lot of info about that particular crash and links to the Dutch G-1 foundation site. Picture of G-1 with German markings!
     
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