Best Jet of WW2?

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The foxbat was only fast at level flight. It could not do advanced maneuvers at mach 3 so if it had to fight it had to slow down. It was a better interceptor then a fighter.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

I believe I read somewhere that the Brits studied a 262 when they were designed the post-war Meteors.

yes but if you're suggesting we used their technology that's a very common miss-conception, we did study their engines, but we carried on developing our own and used our own technology..............

russians did too, both basically copied the 262.

the main post war russian jet was the Mig 15, i fail to see how that is similar to the me-262???

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

What I was saying is that the Russians built an aircraft that was similar to the Me-262, looked just like it. I do agree though that the best post war russain jet was the Mig-15. In fact I dont think until the Sabre came out was there anything that could match it. But I dont know how you could make a post war meteor similar to a Me-262. There was no way. But either way the Me-262 was monumental in helping design post war jet aircraft for the allies. Both sides studdied it a lot, I think Chuck Yeager even flew it on several occasions.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it influenced the british deigns very little...........

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That maybe I can believe. But until they came out with the Lightning in the 50's I personally and in my opinion dont think the Brits had a very good jet fighter and neither did the Americans.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

we had the hunter which is still in sevice with some air forces today..................

[cheddar cheese]

I dont think the hunter was in service back then...

[Anonymous]

That maybe I can believe. But until they came out with the Lightning in the 50's I personally and in my opinion dont think the Brits had a very good jet fighter and neither did the Americans.

Two P-80 Shooting Stars were operating out of Rome before VE day. These were competative with the Me-262, probably even superior in fighter vs. fighter combat (they were certainly more manuverable).

The P-80 was a decent Jet for its time.

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[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The P-80 was no more than a decent attempt to service a jet fighter. I believe that had the war taken on a few more years the allies would have cought up with the germans in jet technology and I think at the current time they were not far behind but the 262 was what you compared all jets of that time too.

[cheddar cheese]

That maybe I can believe. But until they came out with the Lightning in the 50's I personally and in my opinion dont think the Brits had a very good jet fighter and neither did the Americans.

Two P-80 Shooting Stars were operating out of Rome before VE day. These were competative with the Me-262, probably even superior in fighter vs. fighter combat (they were certainly more manuverable).

The P-80 was a decent Jet for its time.

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The P-80 NEVER saw service in WW2

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I really dont know if they did or not but I dont think it was a very good jet.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think the P-80 was to make it's first combat mission a few hours before the war's end.................

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Like I said I dont know anything about that.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i know very little about it...

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Atleast were all honest about that.