 | What was the worst Aircraft of WWII?| Old Threads Discuss What was the worst Aircraft of WWII? in the Old Stuff forums; The Manchester, Komet, and Battle were several of the worst, as you guys said. I'll try to think of ... |
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01-26-2004, 03:50 PM
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| The Manchester, Komet, and Battle were several of the worst, as you guys said. I'll try to think of more. 
Suprising, isn't it? The best bomber of the war came from the failed Manchester?
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01-26-2004, 03:56 PM
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#17 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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01-27-2004, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Anonymous the whirlwind kicked ass!!!!!!!!! but the engines sucked ass i mean if it had twin merlins it could go 422mph but nooooo (we cant spare merlins for best twin engine fighter but we can spare merlins for crappy two seater fulmar fighter) | Hmmm, actually they decided that due to the massive power difference between the Peregrine and Merlin engines the Whirlwind's airframe would need considerable redesign for it to be strong enough to use Merlins. I agree it would have been nice to see though - I always thought the same about the P-38... 
My vote for worst aircraft of the war goes to the Vultee Vengeance - so crap that... well, just CRAP! (I forgot the "amazingly crap" reason there - sorry.) 
And Crazy a lot of good aircraft started out as mediocre, or worse, projects - look at the P-51 and Ki-100 (strapping a radial engine onto the indifferent Ki-61)  | |
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01-27-2004, 11:32 AM
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| Good point Hucke,
And HS, the B-17 ties the Lanc in the best bomber category
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01-27-2004, 01:38 PM
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#20 | | Master of Ewes
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01-27-2004, 02:09 PM
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| heh, but the Vengeance never even made it into combat it was so bad - The RAF received a load, flew one, and concluded immediately that they were totally useless in Europe and the pacific. At least they saw fit to give the Battle a shot...  | |
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01-28-2004, 12:56 PM
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#22 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Originally Posted by Crazy Good point Hucke,
And HS, the B-17 ties the Lanc in the best bomber category | The Lanc will win...........it's got Merlins
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01-28-2004, 01:53 PM
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#23 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | lanc. easily, i mean, it could actually carry more than a matchstick, unlike the b-17 | |
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01-28-2004, 04:41 PM
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Country:  | seems to me like the lanc. has resorted to extreme exaggeration  but it seems to me like this crazy guy knows his stuff, and if he says its as good as a lancaster then i believe him
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01-29-2004, 08:01 AM
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01-29-2004, 09:13 AM
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#26 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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A 12,000lb Tallboy 
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01-29-2004, 09:40 AM
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01-30-2004, 08:59 AM
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01-30-2004, 09:22 AM
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| the brewster buffalo what a pile of crap
as for the defiant if they'd have put some guns on the front it could have been half desceent a bit like an il-2
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01-30-2004, 01:39 PM
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