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Skua
Roc
Defiant
Gladiator
Meteor
Firefly
Fulmar
Beaufighter
Blenheim (!)
Mosquito
Hurricane
Typhoon
Tempest
Whirlwind
Fairey Swordfish
Oh, now, what did I forget this time?
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A lot of us would have to say the Spitfire is our favorite WWII fighter from the UK, and if I made a poll with it in there, it would get most of the votes, so I'm leaving it out. Your favorite Non-Spitfire British fighter????
Mossie for me
edd
...to be continued...
I'm with you Eddie- Mossie was the best!Originally Posted by eddie_brunette
"A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible."
- Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II -
the mossie was good but personaly i like the hurricane.
Same here. The Hurricane is one one of my favorites. It did well in BOB against the superior Me 109 Emil. And also in China against the Japanese 77th Sentai.
Last edited by Amsel; 08-28-2008 at 08:18 AM. Reason: spelling
Tempest for me
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
I'm with you Roman. I think the Tempest just looks like a bad a$$.......and it often was.
I like the "Stringbag". It took a lot of balls to go to war in that kite.
Charles
Real airplanes have round engines and two wings !
Okay, you did forget one very important WWII British fighter: the Hawker Sea Fury, one of the most beautiful aircraft of all time.
Tempest/Mossie/Whirlwind for me.
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That's a good selection Gnomey.
The Hurricane for me.
It was the true hero of the BoB in my opinion.
fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"
Hurrie for me also it did the majority of the work during the BOB and claimed its fair share of 109 kills as well as taking on the bombers yet being a more mundain looking workhorse never recieved the same acolades as the more glamourous Spites
Agreed Adler.
I don't understand why the Spitfire gets all the credit in the BoB. Is it kind of like the B-17 gets the credit while the B-24 did more work and dropped more bombs? Or was it because the Spitfire was truly better than the "Emil" while the Hurricane was just it's equal?
I think Tempest is my favourite non-Spitfire British plane.
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