The best fighter of WWII

[Attila]

There is no doubt, TA 152 C the best Propplane ever!

[gelbevierzehn]

Originally Posted by Attila

There is no doubt, TA 152 C the best Propplane ever!

+1

[zakkandrachoff]

o my goD! this stupid question again!
depend the battle and the year! some planes was very good in some times and at the pass of months, been low performance compared with others

for example:

1939 poland=Bf109E3 ; 1940 France and low countrys= Bf109E3; England1940=BF109E4; Englandfirst1941=Spitfire MKIIb; Barbarossa1941=Bf109F-2; WinterWAr1939=I-16; RussianFrontfirst1942=Bf109F4; RussianFrontend1942=FockeWulf190A ; RussianFrontend1943=La-5F ; restRussianFront=Yaks ; and keepgoing, etc etc etc

[ElAurens]

Whatever we consider the "best" or or own favorite, I'm just happy to see folks actually talking about aircraft again.



You know what my favorite is.

[taildraggernut]

As soon as any one of us can claim to have flown every type (more or less) then we will qualify to make any claim we want, Eric Brown has, which makes him the foremost authority, I know....He's British.....inevitably claims of National bias will creep in.

Brown said the MkXIV was his favourite wich doesn't surprise me, I saw a video a while back about a US warbird pilot, very experienced on P-51's etc, who took his first flight in a Griffon spit, the look on his face after said it all, it was like hed just been bedded by the Swedish womens beach volleyball team

[julien673]

England 41 ??????? lol the FW190 , remember they didn t see the battleship, because the FW190 was so good its was the A3 if i remember

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by julien673

England 41 ??????? lol the FW190 , remember they didn t see the battleship, because the FW190 was so good its was the A3 if i remember

He said early 41, FW190 didn't enter theatre until the back end of 41. and it was the A1 first, A3 wasn't until 42. Fw190 was King on the western front until the spit Mk9 though.

[Ace Cheese]

Supermarine Spitfire
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Lavochkin La-7
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Macchi C.205 Veltro
Yakovlev Yak-9
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Messerschmitt Me 262
North American P-51 Mustang
Hawker Tempest
Nakajima Ki-84

[Rickusty]

It really looks like every test pilot who flew the C.202 or C.205 was impressed by the way they flew, by their great maneuverability and just pure pleasure of flying.
I remember Eric Brown's opinions about the 205, but it's nonetheless nice to see the 205 there.
What a shame there isn't a flyable 202 or 205 in the world (apart from the Macchi owned one which flew in the 80s, which is stored inside their hangars by now ... )
It would be so cool to see one going up in the sky again.