Where would you have flown?

[mbailey]

Late war 6th NFS based on Guadalcanal in P61s

Early war, P39s over New Guinea

[kano]

For me it would be a 109 pilot in jg52 on the eastern front. Preferably the earlier stages against rata's, sturmoviks, mig3s and lagg3s in my trusty 109f.

EatG

[XxDaSTaRxx]

Black Thursday?  

somebody's got to do the dirty work

or die trying

[TonyJoey]

Late war 6th NFS based on Guadalcanal in P61s

Early war, P39s over New Guinea

How much combat were P-61s in before war's end?

[TheCrazyOrange]

How much combat were P-61s in before war's end?

Relatively little.

[xPoisonx]

In a Ta152 at 41,000 above Germany...

[glzsqd]

early 163 test pilots

[TonyJoey]

early 163 test pilots

  Good luck with that one.

[Blinder]

Stateside at the Grumman plant test piloting new Hellcats by day and mingling with all the lonely ladies by night. 

[Big Rat]

I'd of liked to been one of the guys who got to fly all the captured stuff for the allies   Those guys probably got to see and experience more aircraft then almost anyone else, as they also had to be familiar with their own aircraft to make comparisons.

 
BigRat

[Someguy63]

early 163 test pilots

You'll have an explosive time.

[GScholz]

I'd of liked to been one of the guys who got to fly all the captured stuff for the allies   Those guys probably got to see and experience more aircraft then almost anyone else, as they also had to be familiar with their own aircraft to make comparisons.

 
BigRat

You'd want to be "Winkle" Brown then. He's flown more types than anyone else. He even flew the Me 163.

[Shifty]

Hard question to answer, I'm a fan of all the Air Forces of WWII. Each has it's own distinct honor and flavor. Both sets of my grandparants were born to Dutch and German immigrants so if I had been born 35 years earlier.. I'd still be born in America. So more than likely I would have ended up in a USAAF unit.

[Gman]

Fighters anywhere would be interesting, but to do something different, maybe some of the ASW type patrol work, dropping skip bombs on to surfaced subs, and air dropped depth charges on to ones that rapidly crashed dived would be a pretty diverting way to spend the war. 

[LilMak]

Three options for me.

1. Flying a Jug in the ETO. I wouldn't be the type to want to avoid the fight. I'd want to hurt the enemy every way I could and there wasn't a single airframe I can think of that did everything as well. It could dogfight, it could escort, and it could deliver massive pain to ground targets. it was also comfortable and robust. Having confidence that the thing could take a beating and bring me home would make me a much more dangerous in every aspect of it's role.

2. Flying a Hellcat in the PTO. For many of the same reasons I'd choose a Jug.

3. A C-47 pilot in just about any theater. The DC-3 made a greater contribution to the war and beyond that any other single aircraft I can think of. Flying the hump, dropping troops, delivering supplies, towing gliders, the Berlin airlift. Like it or not, logistics win wars. You can't fight without ammo, food, fuel, and people. The goon did it all and is STILL doing it as I write this. I can't think of another aircraft which can claim that.