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03-23-2006, 01:06 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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I know i already posted this same thing a month or two ago, but has this been figured out yet?
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group 
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03-23-2006, 06:09 AM
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| No, and it never will be.
As a question it's WAY too open
Best plane at what? For what mission? At what time? Against what opposition?
What category? Are we talking fighters, bombers, recon, attack, seaplanes or all of the above?
For instance, it might be said that the Me-262 was the best plane of the war. But the P-51D and P-47N were far better long range escorts, the IL-2, Il-10 and Hs-129 were superior attack aircraft and the B-17, Lancster, B024, Halifax, Pe-8 were much better bombers and most other fighters were far superior dogfighters. | |
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03-23-2006, 06:21 AM
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#3 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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THE C-47!!!!
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03-23-2006, 06:29 AM
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#4 | | Minister of Whoopass
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03-23-2006, 09:53 AM
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| PT-17!!! Gotta train 'em in sumthin'!!
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03-23-2006, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Twitch PT-17!!! Gotta train 'em in sumthin'!! | I'd put the PT-17 in the top 5....
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03-23-2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Twitch PT-17!!! Gotta train 'em in sumthin'!! | I'd put the PT-17 in the top 5.... | Yep, and of course the AT-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard up high as well
I am in complete agreement of the C-47.
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03-23-2006, 10:54 AM
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#8 | | Master of Ewes
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03-23-2006, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass you guys are so biased | Nope - you guys used the C-47 as well!
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03-23-2006, 11:25 AM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | no i meant more about the trainers, just as many commonwealth airmen (and women) were trained on tiger moths than american trainers.........
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03-23-2006, 11:45 AM
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#11 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | Well, the Brits also used the Harvard. But the Tiger Moth is also one of the greats.
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03-23-2006, 12:07 PM
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Country: | I voted the hurricane, if britain had fallen it is generally agreed the war would have been lost. Did that rank?
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group
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03-23-2006, 02:32 PM
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| "if britain had fallen it is generally agreed the war would have been lost."
On a more positive note, the Germans would have been credited with wiping out tooth decay and gingivitis. | |
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03-23-2006, 03:50 PM
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Country:  | Hurricane against a Fw-190, never. Hurricane VS the Fw-190, I would say the Fw-190 depending on the pilot, but we are not talking about that now.
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03-23-2006, 03:57 PM
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#15 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i think it would be generally accepted that the -190 would beat a hurricane, there is one hell of an age difference between them though!
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