Kills per Plane Type Statistics Trivia

[eskimo2]

Questions:

What WWII plane type is credited with the most kills divided by its production number.  (E.G. 100 produced killed and 1,000 planes = Kills per unit of 10)
What’s the highest per country?
What’s the highest among major production types?
What’s the highest among minor production types?

eskimo

[Chairboy]

My guess would be that the B-29 is up there somewhere...  unless you're specifically looking for planes shot down.

[midnight Target]

I think the Brewster is up pretty high.

[Kev367th]

I'll add one -
Which single aircraft had the most operational sorties of WW2 (not type, but specific aircraft)?

[Blooz]

Japan

A6M2 Zero

A6M5 Zeke

Just guessing. I really have no idea.

[Debonair]

I guess Rogozarski IK-3 & Mike Squared

[Furball]

What WWII plane type is credited with the most kills divided by its production number.  (E.G. 100 produced killed and 1,000 planes = Kills per unit of 10) BV329?
What’s the highest per country? Finland?
What’s the highest among major production types? P51?
What’s the highest among minor production types? BV329?

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by Kev367th
I'll add one -
Which single aircraft had the most operational sorties of WW2 (not type, but specific aircraft)?

C-47?

[Furball]

Originally posted by Kev367th
I'll add one -
Which single aircraft had the most operational sorties of WW2 (not type, but specific aircraft)?

one of the mosquito's?

[Dinger]

most kills divided by its production number. (E.G. 100 produced killed and 1,000 planes = Kills per unit of 10?
Concorde. 22 produced/100 kills?
YB-70?
The Graf Zeppelin class?

[Furball]

Originally posted by Dinger
most kills divided by its production number. (E.G. 100 produced killed and 1,000 planes = Kills per unit of 10?
Concorde. 22 produced/100 kills?
YB-70?
The Graf Zeppelin class?

that is pretty wrong..

i assume he is talking about aircraft kills and not individuals killed.

if he isnt then i would guess the Avro Lancaster would take that title.

[eskimo2]

The problem with my question is I can’t find a source that shows the number of total kills per plane type.  Lots of sources show how many of each type were produced, but total kills per type is pretty hit and miss.  There must be a source out there that has compiled this information.  My guess was that the F6F would have done pretty well, but 0.42 surly has been outdone.  35,000 109s were made.  With all of those German aces that flew them, you’d think that it might be over 1.0.  I haven’t found an Internet source that shows total 109 kills.  I’ve got a zillion books on WWII aviation, I’m just too lazy to did through them all.

Type -    Total # of kills /    # produced =    Kills / # produced
F6f -    5,154 /    12,272 =    0.42
F4u -    2,139 /    12,681 =    0.17
BF 109 -    ? /    35,000 =    ?
Spit -    ? /    20,351 =    ?

(Interesting stats site: http://www.angelfire.com/ct/ww2europe/stats.html )

eskimo

[Debonair]

My Rogozarski got those numbers beat so far.  
12 produced & at least 10 combat victories = 0.83.  
Twice as good as the F6F.  
Good evidence of why this statistic is not so indicative of an aircraft's ability.  
Given the duel of an IK-3 against a Hellcat, my money is on the Grumman.
The winner here has  got to be a plane that existed mostly in a target rich evironment.  
No matter how well it did when it was hot, a lot of those Hellcats & Corsairs never made it near a combat zone.

[eskimo2]

Clearly minor production aircraft should not be compared to major production ones.  For the sake of argument, let’s define major production aircraft as over 500 units.  Minor production aircraft could be defined as 50 to 499.  Under 50 is just too small to compare fairly as well.  I think* that only two Shindens were produced.  I think the pilot got a few kills in his single sortie.  That would really throw the stats for a loop.

eskimo

[Kev367th]

Originally posted by Furball
one of the mosquito's?

Ya bastage, thought it would take longer.