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| Lockheed P-38 Lightning |     | 172 | 20.16% |
| Mitsubishi A6M Zero |    | 96 | 11.25% |
| Chance-Vought F4U Corsair |    | 263 | 30.83% |
| Curtiss P-40 Warhawk |    | 39 | 4.57% |
| Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa |    | 16 | 1.88% |
| Grumman F6F Hellcat |    | 139 | 16.30% |
| Kawanishi N1K2/J Shiden | | 128 | 15.01% |
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11-19-2004, 01:34 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003
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 | and due to their lack of combat i wouldn't have put them in the poll if they came late in the war anyway.............
__________________  "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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11-19-2004, 03:12 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England
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 | I know, me neither, but the both look pretty good so I thought id give em a mention. |
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11-20-2004, 05:22 AM
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| i still can't believe you didn't put the wildcat in the poll.............
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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11-20-2004, 09:41 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| The fact that the shiitass P-40 got more votes than the N1K2 Shiden makes this poll useless.... There is no way u can even compare those 2 airframes, let alone say the P-40 was better..... Bah on this poll......
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11-20-2004, 10:05 AM
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| i haven't actually voted yet *suprise suprise* but do you think people are just voting for their favourite??
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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11-20-2004, 10:31 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| I did. Corsair all the way, baby!  |
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11-20-2004, 11:00 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England
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| So people like YOU are the reason the beloved P-38 isnt winning anymore...I poo on your heads from a great height.... |
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11-20-2004, 11:20 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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|  I'll use an umbrella!Someone actually voted for the Ki-43. |
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11-20-2004, 11:31 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England
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| Poor deprived person  |
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11-20-2004, 11:37 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| I feel the Corsair was a better fighter than the P-38, but I think the Shiden was better than the Corsair....
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11-20-2004, 11:52 AM
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| I dont think the Shiden done enough to be recognised as the best... |
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11-20-2004, 11:52 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| The Japs could've achieved alot more, if their high command hadn't been so over confident in the Zero. The late war saw some excellent Japanese designs beginning to see the light of day, but unfortunately (for them) it was too late. |
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11-20-2004, 11:53 AM
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| The Ki-84 and Ki-100 looked pretty promising. |
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11-20-2004, 12:07 PM
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American test pilots who had the great opportunity to fly a captured Shiden said that it outperformed anything else the US had in the air, and had it been built earlier, would have posed serious, SERIOUS problems for the Allies in the Pacific... That right there convinces me.... Also, my Grandfather thought that the Shiden was the best thing to fly the skies in combat over the Pacific, and he fought against them..... And he flew Corsairs....
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11-20-2004, 12:18 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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|  Wow. I'm posting on the same forums as the grandson of a Corsair ace! |
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