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View Poll Results: Best WWII Air-Force
Royal Air Force 64 22.94%
Luftwaffe 85 30.47%
United States Air Force 113 40.50%
Royal Australian Air Force 9 3.23%
Regia Aeronautica 5 1.79%
Royal New Zealand Air Force 8 2.87%
Royal Canadian Airforce 15 5.38%
Chinese Air Force 0 0%
Russian Air Force 10 3.58%
Japanese Air Force 3 1.08%
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Old 02-17-2007, 10:46 PM   #1
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Best WWII Air-Force

Out of all the combatants of WWII, which had the best air force?
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Out of all the combatants of WWII, which had the best air force?
Being as impartial as i can I believe the USAAF/USN were the best air arms of WW2 I really can't see any argument to point towards any other air arm. Numbers Quality and Logistics made them the winning combination
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Good point, but I believe that the RAF was the best, considering they beat back the German onslaught during the Battle of Britain, outnumbered enormously
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could the RAF accomplish the same thing as the USAAF in all theatres of the war . The Usaaf the dominant force in both the ETO and PTO what else can you say .That is something I don't think any other force could say
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Old 02-18-2007, 12:21 AM   #5
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FINLAND!!!!
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Old 02-18-2007, 12:23 AM   #6
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Good point, but I believe that the RAF was the best, considering they beat back the German onslaught during the Battle of Britain, outnumbered enormously
If the US didnt enter the War in Europe, the Brits would be speaking German and the Eifel Tower would be flying the Swastica...
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Old 02-18-2007, 02:23 AM   #7
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I've asked myself this question since I was 10 years old.

I could almost say the Brits just for the Battle of Britain, truely a monumental feat whose glory belongs to humanity not just the British.

The American's list of world-beating attributes is much too long list but the fact is that they didn't hit their stride until mid 1943.

The Germans on the other hand were consistently fearsome from start to finish. Lack of resourses in the face of over whelming numbers and convoluted high German Command strategy were their demise.

The poll is not "what nation had the economy to support a massive air force" Imagine the Luftwaffe with the GMP of the USA behind them!

I hate to say it but the Germans have it for innovation, tenacity, creativity and effect from start to finish.

Yes Flyboy---The Finns get honorable mention

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If the US didnt enter the War in Europe, the Brits would be speaking German and the Eifel Tower would be flying the Swastica...

Our Allied friends are tired of hearing that...

And if the French didn't help out the Contenental Army, Americans would be speaking English.... I mean Starbucks would be known for its tea and "Americans" would be known for their terrible food.


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Our Allied friends are tired of hearing that...
Too bad, cause its the truth...
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Too bad, cause its the truth...


LES: Yes, but imagine a never-ending onslaught of "we saved you"...

It's as tiresome as the jackass in the Louvre taking flash photos of the Mona Lisa while wearing a Hawaiian shirt and shouting ”we saved your asses!”

Our histories are intertwined..... No debt... no allegiance... friends don't thank friends.

The French dudes saved us way back when! now they're pricks....

But we owe thanks... Now there is China... lets rock
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Some finnish kill-death ratios by aircrafts:

Fokker D.XXI - 16:1
Messerschmitt G-2/G-6/G-8 - 26:1
Brewster Buffalo - 32:1

Most aces compared to the population!

The single aircraft with most kills:
"The top-scoring Brewster pilot was Hans Wind, with 39 kills in B-239s. Wind scored 26 of his kills while flying BW-393 and Eino Luukkanen scored seven more kills with the same plane. BW-393 is credited with 41 kills in total, possibly making it the fighter aircraft with the greatest number of victories in the history of air warfare."

Add Finland to the list!
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Well here is how I look at it. I think the Luftwaffe had the best aircraft and innovations as Comiso said. However my vote has to go to the USAAF for only one reason and one reason alone.

It was able to take the battle to the Germans. Without that, the Luftwaffe may have prevailed in my opinion.
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I would agree Alder the Germans had the best aircraft but in terms of logistics etc there were no match for the USAAF (or the RAF to a lesser extent). Thus overall I will go with the USAAF for the ability to take the battle to the Germans as well as having the best logistical back up to keep them flying.
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What about Russia air force!? In my opinion they had best airplanes, after luftwafe, on the allied side!!
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What about Russia air force!? In my opinion they had best airplanes, after luftwafe, on the allied side!!
The Soviet Air force got mauled not only by the Germans in the opening days of WW2, but by Finland who's air force was one tenth her size.
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