Top 10 planes of WWII..reviewed!

[Gorf]

Hey all!

Was at the grocery STORE last night and saw the March 2000 issue of World War II magazine.  Pretty good issue, the list the 10 ten planes of WWII in it.  Nice pics and reviews.

Just thought I would pass this tidbit a long.

Gorf

[dolomite]

But what were they?  

[Chain]

Hmm... 8)

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[Gorf]

The top 10 fighters of WWII are(according to WWII magazine):

"They were not necessarily the best, but a handful of fighter aircraft excelled at the right missions at the right time - and achieved immortality." Quote by Jon Guttman. writter of this article.

1. North American P-51 Mustang
2. Messerchmitt Me109
3. Supermarine Spitfire
4. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
5. Mitsubishi A6M Zero
6. Lockheed P-38 Lightning
7. Focke Wulf FW-190
8. Grumman F6F Hellcat
9. Yakovlev Yak-9
10. Messerchmitt Me-262

ENJOY

Gorf

[Westy]

 I always wondered if lists like this were really 'favorite' airplanes.
 The P47 was flown by 7 of the top 10 American ETO aces and had more of an impact in the war later in the ground attack role.
 The P51 in the Pacific  doesn't hold a candle to the P-38. In the Pacific there was one P51 ace in the top ten and two were P47 pilots. The rest P-38. In the Med the P51 pilots had the lion shore of the top ten aces.
 I use the top ten aces as the bench mark for impact an aircraft had versus other enemy aircraft. But the P47's role as a fighter-bomber is too great to be brushed aside in considering important aircraft in WWII.
 Just my .02

-Westy

[Saintaw]

My god, i can only immagine the kind of reply this will create....
{Hides in a very, very deeeep bunker...}
 



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[hblair]

Saintaw! Where did you get that smiley? Good Gawd, thats funny. The green slobber. LOL!

Surprising to see my favorite ride, the 109 in the #2 spot. It is usually thought of as a mediocre late war plane by most historians whose books I have read.

Boy, if this thread appeared over on AGW there would be some pissed off RAF fellas! Just wait til fd-ski finds this thread. We're all in a heap of trouble now!  

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[fd ski]

hblair - frankly in my opinion things like "list of 10 best fighters of all time" and bullshuit along those lines doesn't interest me a bit.

categories are so broad that anyone who has even smallest ammount of knowledge in the subject will not be impressed...

If they decided to divide it into: best intercerptors, best escorts, best buff killers, best ground attack.... so on... AND use the actual model numbers ( ie. 109K-4 not just 109 ) - then it's a different story.

What we have infront of us is a list of pretty planes for 16 year olds to drool over.

I'm suprised that anyone here would ever take that seriously....

 


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[dolomite]

I doubt anyone here really did take it seriously.  

Curious, no F4U? No P61?  

I was curious what the magazine considered to be the "best".

[Minotaur]

 

Originally posted by dolomite:
I doubt anyone here really did take it seriously

It is just a hunch but I think fd ski did.  

fd, out of curiosity, what would your top 10 be?

Mino

[spinny]

Yeah, that list is hilarious (for it omissions). In the Pac, I'd say that the
most important planes were the F4F and the SBD...Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadacanal.

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[NineZ]

Thanks Gorf for being considerate enough to include the post and as for fd ski, "pardon me, do you have any grey poupon?"

My personal pick fighter, for all around fighting is the Spit 14 even though I gravitate towards German Aircraft.  The FW 190D and the 109K in capable hands can hold their own too.  Of course, Im only a cyber jockey and not a very good one at that. hehee

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[funked]

"What we have infront of us is a list of pretty planes for 16 year olds to drool over. "

Rofl Fd-Ski!!!!!!!

I like them all.  Especially in person.  Nothing like really LOUD machinery.  GRUNT!

[Gorf]

Okay. THIS memo is for all those NEGATIVE people that have posted.  Go buy the magazine, or stop by and read it and you will understand WHY these planes were chosen.

THere choices are very logical, but then again, what would they know .. its not like WWII history IS there full time JOB and Passion and yours is????

I just Made this POST because I figured you all would find it interesting reading for the WWII aviation enthusist.

And as For FD SKI :roleyes:, I am not going to waste time with your statemt because..well your not worth my time or effort.  Your statement goes to show your lack of open mindness and your historical WWII aviation intellegence...NOT THERE.  

Your BBS etiquette ranks up there with your online flying skill.  PISS POOR!.

Get a life FD SKI,
All other pilots I encourage you to go read the article, very good reading and educating.  The article talks about a make of airplane overall and its value it played to the WWII aviation history.

Good luck and God speed

Gorf

 

[Gorf]

 

Originally posted by Gorf:
Okay. THIS memo is for all those NEGATIVE people that have posted.  Go buy the magazine, or stop by and read it and you will understand WHY these planes were chosen.

THere choices are very logical, but then again, what would the authors know .. its not like WWII history IS there full time JOB and Passion and yours is????

I just Made this POST because I figured you all would find it interesting reading for the WWII aviation enthusist.

And as For FD SKI :roleyes:, I am not going to waste time with your statemt because..well your not worth my time or effort.  Your statement goes to show your lack of open mindness and your historical WWII aviation intellegence...NOT THERE.  

Your BBS etiquette ranks up there with your online flying skill.  PISS POOR!.

Get a life FD SKI,
All other pilots I encourage you to go read the article, very good reading and educating.  The article talks about a make of airplane overall and its value it played to the WWII aviation history.

Good luck and God speed

Gorf