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| | #31 |
| Senior Member | That's why the Battle became a trainer, some combat aircraft were so bad though that they never even reached operational squadrons, worst example- the Botha
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| | #32 |
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| The Stingbag would have been slaughtered if it had ever faced the situations that the TBD did. So what constitutes a 'worst aircraft?' The TBD's performance stank. It was obsolete at the start of the war. Within 6 months of war virtually everyone produced had been destroyed. And the only thing it did was to earn a bunch of guys Purple Hearts . . . posthumously.
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| | #33 |
| Senior Member | The worst aircraft would have to be the one that had incredibly bad handling, woefully underpowered and had inadequate armament/payload, the sort of plane that nobody wanted to fly
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| Sounds like a descritption of the TBD to me . . .
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| | #35 |
| Senior Member | At least the Devastator made combat, the Botha was considered more dangerous to the airmen inside it than to anything else
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| | #36 |
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| But the Devastator never should have been committed to combat.
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| | #37 |
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| Worst WW2 Plane? Me-163B Killed more Pilots in accidents,than by enemy action.
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| | #38 |
| Senior Member | It was just too far ahead of it's time, it some of the best performance of any plane in the war
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| | #39 |
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| I agree. I think the 'worst plane' would be a time that was too far behind its time.
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| Senior Member | Yep. If it were not for the volatile fuel the Me-163 wouldnt have been so bad. I also agree with that statement LG, but the Swordfish was behind its time and that had success. Still, I see what you're saying and am beginning to see what you're on about with the TBD. |
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| | #41 |
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| The Komet actually had the best flying characteristics of any Luftwaffe fighter. The engine was an abomination, though. |
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| | #42 |
| Senior Member | but that still makes it a bad plane, it had potential but it was still bad...........
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| | #43 |
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| The TBD may not have been the worst aircraft of the war. But it certainly deserves to be in the running. It was obsolete at the start, contriduted virtually nothing to the Allied war effort, and in its biggest battle it was shot down in droves.
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| | #44 |
| Senior Member | Not really...the plane was good, engine bad...I dont really think it should be considered for this. |
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The plane was nothing more than a death trap. What numb-nuts designs a plane with highly explosive fuels on board and then as its landing gear fits a skid....
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