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05-22-2008, 06:08 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide
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Country:  | What country produced your favourite aircraft?
What country/countries produced your favourite planes of the war.
My list goes something this
British (like Spit, hurri, Tempest, Lanc, Wellington, Mossie, Beaufighter seriously who can hate)
Germans
Americans
Russians
French
Japanese
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05-22-2008, 07:40 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Adelaide
Posts: 3,503
Country: | Most of my favourite a/c are American and British, and usually the lesser known/unsung types, eg Vengeance, Baltimore, Beaufort, P-40, Buffalo etc. Apart from that I like alot of the Japanese stuff and the Boomerang and Wirraway from Oz.
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05-22-2008, 07:53 AM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
Posts: 1,359
Country:  | USA/B-17G,P-51D,P-38J
GERMANY/FW190A-8,TA-152H-1
UK/Spit Mk.IX,Tempest
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05-22-2008, 08:00 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
Posts: 2,514
Country:  | US. Reliable, generally good range and got better as the war went on. Mass produced and improved steadily. Most of the major producers could claim that as well. But the US also upgraded and introduced new models all the way through the war.
Germany produced more advanced aircraft but were really trying to fight a 1940 war with 1950 aircraft, at least towards the end. Never produced a strategic bomber and had problems bringing the new models into service and ending production of older models. Most problems of this nature were political.
Britian is a close second but loses big points for never developing a long range fighter. Might lose points for production levels but then would gain them back for efficiency of that production.
Soviets made good, solid aircraft. Easy to use, easy to maintain. Did the job. But never produced a strategic bomber of any consequence.
Japan was even when the war started, maybe even ahead with the Zero and Betty. But couldn't keep up. The designs were good, but the manufacturing capacity just wasn't there. Admin/Planning was average at best as well. Never developed a strategic bomber (or even a decent large bomb either). | |
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05-22-2008, 08:30 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
Posts: 2,112
Country: | USA - My top three favs of all time.....
1) B-17
2) P-38
3) B-25
TO
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05-22-2008, 08:57 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 186
Country:  | God it is so hard to choose my favourites, I guess I like 'curavceous' fuselage designs because as I sit thinking the Beaufighter, B-26 and Breguet 693 are in my head, from fighters I like the look of the Spit & Hurri, obviously, but also the Hawker F2/43 Fury (Napier Sabre model), He 100 and P-39.  | |
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05-22-2008, 09:16 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 606
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Originally Posted by Watanbe  What country/countries produced your favourite planes of the war.
My list goes something this
British (like Spit, hurri, Tempest, Lanc, Wellington, Mossie, Beaufighter seriously who can hate)
Germans
Americans
Russians
French
Japanese | Hello Watanbe
Aussie ehh.. well then don’t forget your very indigenous flying object the BOOMERANG. 
As for me it would be Germany and the USA or USA and Germany, whatever, all the other countries just produced flying machines not really AIRCRAFTS.
Okay now let’s lean back and wait for the Englanders to come  
Regards
Kruska
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05-22-2008, 10:09 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
Posts: 3,257
Country:  | USA:
P-51D,
P- 47
B-17G
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05-22-2008, 10:16 AM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 136
Country:  | A tough call, but I prefer practical, efficient a/c over flashy prima donnas...So, it's gotta be the USA.
Lightning
Thunderbolt
Mustang
Corsair
Hellcat
Avenger
Mitchell
Invader
Pretty good stuff...
EDIT: can't believe I forgot the the C-47! Sheesh...
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05-22-2008, 12:27 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 8
Country:  | Hey, isn't the P-38 flashy
I prefer the products with 'Made in USA' label on it. Even more if the front is occupied by a big radial engine. | |
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05-22-2008, 12:32 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
Posts: 6,753
Country: | Hard to choose a single aircraft but for general purposes my top 3 would be:
Germany - love the Fw 190, Me 410 and Fw 200, among others.
Britain - Love the Hurricane.
USA - favs are the P-51 and P-40
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05-22-2008, 12:41 PM
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#12 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 29,819
Country: | For me it has to be Germany because she produced my favorite aircraft including the:
Bf 109G
Fw 190D
Ta 152H
Ju 88
After that I like:
2. USA
3. England
4. Japan
5. Italy
6. Russia
7. France
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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05-22-2008, 12:45 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
Posts: 2,362
Country:  | That's strange, clicked other, but it produced France as my choice 
My Favorites are:
1. Fokker G.I - NL
2. Bf109 - Germany
3. B25 Mitchel - USA
4. Hurricane - GB
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05-22-2008, 01:03 PM
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#14 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 29,819
Country: | Yeah that probably happened while I was updating the poll.
I will change your vote to Other.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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05-22-2008, 01:05 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
Posts: 2,362
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Yeah that probably happened while I was updating the poll.
I will change your vote to Other. | Thanks, Adler, I thought somebody was playing a joke
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