 | Best World War II Aircraft?| Aviation Discuss Best World War II Aircraft? in the World War II - Aviation forums; For ground attack, the P38 and P47 performed admirably in this role.
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05-21-2006, 05:37 PM
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| For ground attack, the P38 and P47 performed admirably in this role.
Both of them could either fly escort for bombers up at 30,000 ft, or blow things up on the ground.
In the PTO, it was the B25 gunships that performed the ground attack role that shredded the IJA and IJN.
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06-12-2006, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 For ground attack, the P38 and P47 performed admirably in this role.
Both of them could either fly escort for bombers up at 30,000 ft, or blow things up on the ground. | I agree and that is why the P-47 is my favorite US fighter/ground attack. The Tiffy and the Fw-190 could do it just as well as those too though.
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06-12-2006, 08:00 AM
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Country:  | hey the p51 was rated the best fighter of any age and the b52 the best bomber of any age guys get your heads out of the comic books lol | |
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06-12-2006, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ricardox hey the p51 was rated the best fighter of any age and the b52 the best bomber of any age guys get your heads out of the comic books lol | And your cynical attitude is not appreciated so pull your head out of your derriere - read the full thread dumb@ss, best overall aircraft of WW2.
If you want to stay around I suggest you read some of the other threads and get familiar with some of the members before you start flapping yap!
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06-12-2006, 09:36 AM
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#170 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by ricardox hey the p51 was rated the best fighter of any age and the b52 the best bomber of any age guys get your heads out of the comic books lol | Alright *******. One more comment like that and myself or another admin is going to give you warning. Consider this your one and only verbal warning. Damn newbies who come on here and talk **** and dont know what they are talking about!
1st of all there are many planes that were just as good or even better than teh P-51D. Everheard of the Ta-152, P-47N, Spitfire 21? Guess not because you have your head so far up your ***!
Second of all what are you talking about comic books. Dont you have school tomorrow? Shouldn't you be at home eating with your parents? There are many people here who have experience in flying here. I am a Blackhawk Guy, Flyboy has flown just about anything, and many many more people with flying experience. Everyone else has experience when it comes to maintenance: myself and Flyboy both have A&P Liscenses, Erich is a world of knowledge of WW2 aircraft, even works with WW2 aircraft at Chino, Syscom is a world of knowledge as well as plan_D, and Lancaster Kicks *** well he knows a lot about the Lancaster, and Les knows a hell of lot about aircraft as well.
So hey do me a favor get your *** out of your comic book and learn about the people here before you make lame *** stupid posts like that. If you choose to come back and be a good member of this forum then you may do so, but I suspect you will run like a little girl.
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06-12-2006, 05:52 PM
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#172 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | and the P-51 was far from the best fighter ever, she kinda sucked as a dogfighter she's only so famous due to her range and propaganda...........
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06-13-2006, 03:43 AM
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Country: | She's famous because she carried the 8th AF on her shoulders to Berlin and back. That's not propaganda.
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06-13-2006, 05:54 AM
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#174 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | She was good at what she did but one on one she was only as good as everything else out there. As FlyboyJ put it, there are many aircraft that performed just as good.
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06-13-2006, 10:48 AM
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| How about we define the "best" plane as the one that had the most impact in the theater it flew in, during various phases of the war.
I would say for the ETO:
Me-109 at the start of the war
Spitfire from the time of the end of the BoB to the introduction of the FW190
FW190 up to the introduction of the P38
P51 from spring 1944 to the end of the war.
For the PTO:
Zero at the start of the war untill the introduction of the P38
P38 till the end of the war
F4U as a carrier based fighter
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#176 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I would agree with you for the most part and think that you are pretty much correct in your account, but you have to look at who made the what impact for who.
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#177 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | I would disagree only with the Fw 190 up until the P-38.... I would go with the Fw 190 up until the P-51D masses......
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| The reason I chose the P38, was its phenominal range.
It brought the fight to the Luftwaffe and changed the course of the daylight heavy bombing campaign.
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06-13-2006, 08:20 PM
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#179 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Hi
My first post here and glad to be 'onboard'
If we include jet fighters, I'd like to suggest the Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star.
Although its operational career in WW II can only be considered very brief, two examples of the pre-production model - the YP-80A - had been flying in Italy as the MTO detatchment of Project Extraversion (the shipment of 4 YPs to the ETO and MTO, for demonstration and field-test purposes), since early 1945 (they had been shipped from the Con-US on 12/26/1944), and in April 1945 they were with the 1st FG, then based at Lake Lesina, where they were being flown by both Wright Field test-pilots and regular, 1st FG, fighter pilots.
According to Mr. James Bertoglio, then a photographer with the 1st FG, at least one mission was flown 'up north', i.e. toward the front line.
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