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Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:49 amby PoS
I honestly think the P-51 Mustang heralded the turning point of the war when they had enough range to escort bombers to their target. The runner up would be the Me 262- if only Hitler wasnt an idiot they may have been able to get enough of them into production before Germany lost air superiority.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:55 amby Boris Johnson
Define fighter aircraft.
As if its fighter/interceptor.
And If its critical turning point in war its probably the Hawker Hurricane Mk.II Without which the war might have ended in 1941 as a swift axis victory over europe.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:56 amby Boris Johnson
The best fighter, qua fighter in terms of technical and engineering advancement though, probably the Vought F4U Corsair.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:33 amby The Dharma Bum
I voted Spitfire Supermarine, because I'm building a balsa model of one right now.
But I love all of the WWII warbirds.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:42 pmby Sazari
262 obviously. It heralded in a new age in combat aircraft and could shoot down anything in the sky.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:47 pmby Daktoria
+1 for Boris. The Corsair looks the best too.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:55 pmby Boris Johnson
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:03 pmby Sazari
lol @ brits running the revisionist history schtick trying to make themselves out to be more important than they are.
ME-262 was the best fighter of the war
In terms of actually affecting the war, it was the mustang.
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:23 pmby The Dharma Bum
Re: Top Fighter Aircraft of WW2
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:59 pmby The Dharma Bum