Best Battle of Britain Aircraft

[cheddar cheese]

Which aircraft do you think was the best during the Battle of Britain?

I have a feeling the Hurricane and Spitfire will run away with this but it will still be interesting to see.

[cheddar cheese]

The Hurricane gets my vote BTW

[the lancaster kicks ass]

hurricane, but i aint voted yet.....................

[rebel8303]

For me Spitfire. It ruled in te late versions

[Nonskimmer]

Spitfires have always been a favorite of mine. One of those all time great fighter planes!

I like how far it progressed during the war. I mean during the BoB, the old Mk.I & II Spits were actually relatively crappy compared to later models.
They had float carburettors, 0.303in. machine guns (spread too far apart to be extremely effective) with no cannons. Mk.I's had fabric covered control surfaces which ballooned at high speeds, and manual landing gear.
Mk.II's were a bit of an improvement.

Compare these to the later war Spits!
Yet at the time of the BoB, the early ones were enough to counter the early German planes (with some help from the Hurricane ), so I guess it's rather a moot point.

So what I'm trying to say, in a rather long winded round about way, is that the Spitfire gets my vote.

[cheddar cheese]

Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass

hurricane, but i aint voted yet.....................

If you have a clear answer why havent you voted....

[the lancaster kicks ass]

because i very rarely vote in polls.........

the old Mk.I & II Spits were actually relatively crappy compared to later models.

many pilots that flow both early and late models prefered the earlier marks, mainly because they were more manouverable, the later versions were much heavier.........

[Nonskimmer]

Come to think of it, I seem to remember reading that.

[GermansRGeniuses]

It's the same with 109's...



Anyway, Spitfeuer for me!

[cheddar cheese]

Didnt think you'd go with that for a second, expected you to be a 109 man...

[redcoat]

I voted Spitfire.
Though in truth the Spitfire and the Bf 109 are so close in performance that its difficult to choose.
But being British tipped the scales.

[Adolf Galland]

just by looking at my name and u can tell what i'm going to vote 4 - 109 rocks

[JCS]

I voted for the 109. (suprise, suprise )

It was kind of hard to chose though, with all my favorite German planes in one poll.

[Maestro]

Spitfire, of corse ! Everybody here know that I prefer the Spitfire.

[cheddar cheese]

Hurricane took out more planes

Glad to see the 111 has a vote