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  • Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVE

    10 13.33%
  • Focke Wulf 190D-9

    7 9.33%
  • P-51D Mustang

    20 26.67%
  • Lockheed P-38L Lightning

    2 2.67%
  • Mitsubishi A6M Zero

    1 1.33%
  • Yakovlev Yak-3

    1 1.33%
  • Messerschmitt Bf 109

    3 4.00%
  • F4U Corsair

    15 20.00%
  • P-47 Thunderbolt

    16 21.33%
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Best all-round fighter of WWII

Aviation Discuss Best all-round fighter of WWII in the World War II - Aviation forums; This is a pretty open question, I guess, but I'm asking what the supreme, best all-round dogfighter of World war ...

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    Best all-round fighter of WWII

    This is a pretty open question, I guess, but I'm asking what the supreme, best all-round dogfighter of World war II was. On this poll, I listed what have been said to be some of the best fighters.

    Let the voting begin! IF YOU REPLY PLEASE VOTE ASWELL



    EDIT, PLEASE READ: I know this is a bit troublesome, but I'm changing it to the best overall FIGHTER, instead of dogfighter. Thank you!
    Last edited by Oskar the Pilot; 02-22-2012 at 02:51 AM.

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    When I see polls like this, I usually focus in on my beloved Corsair. But before I voted, I thought it through. Considering firepower, range, versatility, bomb capacity, ground attack, carrier capable (that narrows it down), survivability, manuverability, rate of climb, etc, etc, etc., I just have to stick with the Corsair.

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    ..what it is 'dogfighter' or best 'all round' - and hasn't this poll been done before ?

    ....FWIW my own choice as "Dogfighter" has to be the Spitfire or possibly the Yak 3 but I don't usually participate in these types of threads ..so many variables that the discussion usually ends going up round and round...having said that, you probably left the best one out ! I've just read Roland Beamont's 'Tempest over Europe'. In his book Beamont describes the comparative testing he undertook at the end of the war. He was a huge fan of the later marks of (Griffon-engined) Spitfire of course, although he describes the P-51 as a true fighter pilots aeroplane, although not quite as handy in the dogfight....but surpassing all of these in Beamont's view - and able to take on the Luftwaffe's Ta 152 and beat it low down- was the Hawker TEMPEST V.

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    What is a Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVE, never heard before?
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    Last edited by cimmex; 02-21-2012 at 12:29 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cimmex View Post
    What is a Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVE, never heard before?
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    E is my personal favourite wing fitting for the XIV, and possibly the best.

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    Best all around fighter and best all around dog fighter is two diferent things
    With Me 262 out of the competition I vote for P38 L because of the safety of two engines, the central placed armament, the turbosuperchargers,the range, the ydraylicaly boosted ailerons , the combat flaps, the opposite turning propellers, the tricycle landing gear,the 360 canopy. Of caurse it was the most expensive as well, only America could have built it , and in a low level, low speed turning fight it would be in trouble

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    thks

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    At the moment my vote is going to either the Spit or the Wulf, but I'll see what you guys have to say...
    Last edited by Oskar the Pilot; 02-21-2012 at 01:08 PM.

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    P-47
    Good fighter, could take a tremendous beating and terrific firepower with those 8 fifties. My father was in a column of P.O.W.s when 2 mistakingly made a strafing run on them. He said he never wanted to go through something as terrible at that again.

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    If it is best "dogfighter" then I vote for the Spitfire FXIVE.

    If it was best all around I would think the P-51 and maybe the T-Bolt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cimmex View Post
    What is a Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVE, never heard before?
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    The E wing has 0.50" mgs in the inner gun ports and 20mm cannon in the outer gun ports of the inner wing, giving a total of 2 0.50s and 2 20s.

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    For me it is the K-84 good speed and firepower.It to bad the Japanese did not have 130 octane fuel.

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    Well my vote was the P-38L, because I was thinking best "overall" fighter. A myriad of uses. Then I read "dogfighter".......guess I should read and then vote. Of the choices listed, as listed, I would go with the Bf 109. And I would complete that selection by making it the Bf 109F. I think that particular model would have the best chance overall in air combats versus the others on the list.

    And now that it this topic is "overall" and not "dogfighter" only, I will stay with my orginal choice of the P-38L. I should be a politician.
    Last edited by MikeGazdik; 02-22-2012 at 10:28 PM. Reason: spelling, and change in subject.

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    I weighed generic best P-47 and F4U and flipped a coin but then turned the coin over and finally just voted my bias: USN of course...
    None of us is as smart as all of us...

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    For some reason I'm rooting for the Focke Wulf 190D-9, could someone explain to me why? Is the Wulf a good fighter?

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