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luftwaffe1

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August 2003
From: USA

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Posted by luftwaffe1 on Monday, November 24, 2003 6:46 PM

My question is...During ww2, what was in your opinion the best fighter???not pilot...I'm a luftwaffe freak...Fw-190D-9 Dora

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 24, 2003 7:05 PM

Im a luftwaffe freak myself... Is the best was Dora-9...And possible could be the best was a Ta-152 H-1..But im back on forth.. Blush [:I]

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Woody

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December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Monday, November 24, 2003 9:19 PM

My pick is the Me-262.

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MikeV

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April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Monday, November 24, 2003 10:14 PM

My vote goes to the P-47. Of course I am biased. Wink [;)]

Mike

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inpw1

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September 2003
From: u.s.a.

Posted by inpw1 on Monday, November 24, 2003 10:30 PM

hmmmmm.......you looking for best overall airframe.....lets see.....i think ill go with the coarsair

jim

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:17 AM

In my opinion, the P-38 Lightning.

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djmodels1999

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December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:24 AM

The Gloster Gladiator...

Just kidding..!

The P-51D Mustang.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:57 AM

I'd have to second Mr Sloan and go with the Lightning. Great, rugged bird.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:20 AM

I too would have to go with the Coarsair.

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allan

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June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

Posted by allan on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:29 AM

Chalk up another vote for the Corsair.

It really was the best fighter. And I got a TV series to prove it. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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nmayhew

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July 2003
From: Kent, England

Posted by nmayhew on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:17 AM

hi guys,
surely in terms of performance it has to be me262, fw 190 (long nose), and then p-51d...
i'm not a pilot but if i had to go into battle (god forbid), it would be in that order.
thank goodness the germans never got to make that many of those 262s!!!

Kind regards, Nicholas

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sharkbait

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October 2003
From: Canada

Posted by sharkbait on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:37 AM

SPIT IX - had a friend who flew them

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72cuda

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July 2003
From: USA

Posted by 72cuda on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 5:59 PM

I'll have to be with Demono & Mr Sloan's choice of the Forked Tail Devil's the P-38

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shrikes

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November 2003
From: Manila, Philippines

Posted by shrikes on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:00 AM

Well, there was ONE occasion when a B-17 went into a "dogfight" with some twin-engined nazi plane tailing it home (feeding info to the AAA guys) and shot it down. does this count? (yes, i'm biased! Big Smile [:D]

) I dunno about Der Gabelschwanz Teufel (fork tailed devil)... it had serious problems comming out of a dive (although it did get the admiral who planned the attack on pearl harbor (can't remember his name)... I would have to say it was the P-47. it "helped" get the bomber boys into occupied europe (even though it couldn't last very long), it was a very good close air support aircraft and it could take a LOT of punishment...

oh, and what TV series would that be, allan?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:03 PM

I don't have one but two...P-51D Mustang...Corsair...

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:27 PM

1. P47 2. P51 3. P38 4. P40 Bow [bow]

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DaveB.inVa

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September 2003

Posted by DaveB.inVa on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:42 PM

Shrikes,
I read once of a B-24 in the pacific getting into a dogfight with a Kawanshi Mavis 4 engined flying boat! The Mavis was very well armed so they had a pretty good battle. The B-24 ended up winning though. The B-24 crew even got some really good pictures of the whole thing cluminating with the Mavis losing altitude in flames.

Ive also read of a couple times that B-29s on dumbo missions would spot Japanese trawlers then go strafe them a bunch. One I read of would dive into the trawler letting the bombardier fire with the forward turrets then let the tail gunner fire on the way out. The other one I read of basically orbited the trawler and let one of the side gunners train all four turrets on the boat.

Personally I like the P-47 then P-51. While not used during the daylight much I still think the P-61 needs to be in the list too.

On edit: the admiral shot down by the P-38s was Yamamoto.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:58 PM

I don't know what categories of comparison are being used to determine what is the "best" in this competion, I can only comment on what I believe to be the most versatile. My vote will go to the FW 190 series. Radial engine or inverted-V, short or long - winged, a beautifully clean design in all respects. And it looks mean.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:08 PM

I'll have to go with the lightning as well....the early versions had there problems...but they got them all sorted out and they went on to be an excellent Aircraft.

On the other side of things I would have to say the Me262

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inpw1

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September 2003
From: u.s.a.

Posted by inpw1 on Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:18 AM

aggggggggggggh......sooo many choices......you have to admit they all had there strong points.......can i change my vote to all of em Big Smile [:D]

.....thats the bad thing about beeing an airplane nut.......the choices are too hard to make

jim

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 27, 2003 7:52 PM

Oh Come On!! You have to fine up your definition a bit!
Single engine, Twin, jet, Day,Night etc
The single engine type has to be for me the Spitfire/Seafire/Seafang/Spiteful series.
Twins. Beaufighter (versitile too) Mossie, Ju88 (just to show I'm not biased.)
Now that should stir the pot a bit.
Dai
PS I'll put in the Wirraway because it was there when needed. Shot down a Zero too!

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shrikes

Member since
November 2003
From: Manila, Philippines

Posted by shrikes on Friday, November 28, 2003 12:57 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by DaveB.inVa
Shrikes,
I read once of a B-24 in the pacific getting into a dogfight with a Kawanshi Mavis 4 engined flying boat! The Mavis was very well armed so they had a pretty good battle. The B-24 ended up winning though. The B-24 crew even got some really good pictures of the whole thing cluminating with the Mavis losing altitude in flames.

Ive also read of a couple times that B-29s on dumbo missions would spot Japanese trawlers then go strafe them a bunch. One I read of would dive into the trawler letting the bombardier fire with the forward turrets then let the tail gunner fire on the way out. The other one I read of basically orbited the trawler and let one of the side gunners train all four turrets on the boat.

Personally I like the P-47 then P-51. While not used during the daylight much I still think the P-61 needs to be in the list too.

On edit: the admiral shot down by the P-38s was Yamamoto.

Yamamoto! That's the guy's name! Oi. I hate that feeling of knowing who i'm talking to but i forget his/her name... to only have you remember it at 2am two days later.... We should start to pull for the unusual fighters like the "F-17 Flying fortress" and the "F-24 Liberator"!! I agree about the P-61. it pulled its share of fighter duty and was supposedly very deadly.

Hey, you have any of those pics of the '24 "dogfight"? or at least where i can get them?? Big Smile [:D]

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DrewH

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May 2003
From: Abbotsford, B.C. Canada

Posted by DrewH on Friday, November 28, 2003 2:16 PM

to be biased, of course we all are!
CORSAIR- any varient yup! Bow [bow]

to be a fighter pilot is to be god in your machine!

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TANGO 1

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December 2002
From: A secret workshop somewhere in England

Posted by TANGO 1 on Friday, November 28, 2003 4:46 PM

I think this quote from the Battle of Britain movie says it all..................

Luftwaffe General: "What do you need to defeat the British Angry [:(!]

?"
Luftwaffe Officer: "Sir.....We need Spitfires!!"

Big Smile [:D]

Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB

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luftwaffe1

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August 2003
From: USA

Posted by luftwaffe1 on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 2:58 PM

I would like to thank everyone who responded...this has got to be the coolest thing that FSM could have done for modelers...thanks again and happy modeling!!!!