best plane

[Almighty Blighty]

It definately HAS to be the de-haviland mosquito. This is because it was a truly brilliant design, so brilliant infact it was used for; fighter, night fighter, bomber, pathfinder, anti shipping and photo-recon. Because of its mix of the wonderful rolls merlin engine and its laminated wooden construction, hence 'wooden wonder,' 'and the timber terror,' it was extreamly durable, light and fast. Infact it was the fasted combat aircraft until 1944! Becasue of the power and lack of weight the mossie could carry 4000lb bombs!!! (2/3 the max load of a b-17 btw) And if a 4000lb bomb is not your cup of tea, then you could have a 57mm gun in the nose for anti shipping. Its accuracy and ability to dodge hostiles, can be displayed with the bombing run on feb 18, 1944 when 19 mossies managed to blow a wall up on a prison, whilst the prisoners were in the yard!!! They didn't get hurt by it at all, AND most of them escaped, and then in october 1944 they managed to blow a wall up on the gestapo hq at aarhus university so the dutch resistance leaders could escape. Infact the plane was so great it remained on frontline service till december 15, 1955. That is a 15yr old wooden design in an age of jets!!! i LOVE this plane. Plus it spawned the just as impressive de havilland hornet.