Originally posted by Hornet33
Too bad there are a bunch of planes on this list that never saw combat or weren't in production or never went into production until after the war.
yep, like these?
Douglas A-1 Skyraider (after the war)
Beechcraft A-38 Grizzly (i think used as a trainer)
Martin AM Mauler (after the war, and it still sucked and dropped)
Douglas B-18 Bolo (used as a transport plane)
Douglas B-19 (also converted to transport)
Douglas B-23 Dragon (also converted to transport) and ugly to boot
North American B-28 (prototype 2, no production, testing for B-29)
Lockheed B-34 Lexingon (just another version of the Hudson or Ventura
Northrop B-35 Flying Wing
Douglas B-42 Mixmaster
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer (failed)
Vought SB2U Vindicator (obsolete before the war began)
Vought TBU
Vultee TBY Sea Wolf
********Fighters*********
Grumman F7F Tigercat (nice plane, too late)
Grumman F8F Bearcat (another nice plane, too late)
Republic P-43 Lancer (few numbers, obsolete before the war began)
Grumman P-50 Skyrocket (1 plane, crashed during testing)
Northrop P-56 Black Bullet (2 built, one crashed, test plane)
Lockheed P-58 Chain Lightning (modified p38 Only one, unarmed, prototype was built)
Bell P-59 Airacomet (what, two examples? failed)
McDonnell P-67 Bat (1 plane, destroyed in a fire)
GM / Fisher P-75 Eagle (14 built, no combat, and smurfy)
Bell XP-77 (two planes, cancelled, another smurfy plane)
Bell YFM-1 Airacuda (failed, never entered production)
Transport aircraft (not totally up on all the transport aircraft but pretty sure these came between WW2 and Korea
Fairchild C-61 Forwarder
Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman
Curtiss Wright C-76 Caravan
Martin PBM Mariner - i think it came very late
