Worst A/C of ww2

[Ack-Ack]

IMO the guys who said the German planes above were not actually bad, worst fighter IMO was p-400 (no I did not mean p40)

You really want to tell me that this wasn't "actually bad"?

Bachem Ba 349


ack-ack

[321BAR]

Boulton-Paul Defiant may have been one of the worst ideas ever.

+1


P39 was loved by the Russians even when they had upgraded their own airforce equipment. Its relative P400 was far from the worst also

[Gianlupo]

I vote Defiant for the worst idea, but I'm afraid Ba.88 takes the first place for worst realization of a classic and proved design (in other words.... worst aircraft of WWII!)

[Imowface]

Agreed, the funny thing is though, that before it was militarized, it was a great plane, but as soon as they put on extra weight it was catastrophic

[Gianlupo]

Yep, I'm sure that with a different construction methodology and power plant, it could have been a fair military aircraft.

[Tyrannis]

well, the defiant wasent really a BAD idea....its just that it was too easy to catch on to.


if you think about it, most fighters had there guns pointing towards the FRONT. and when your trying to dogfight your trying to get on your enemies SIX.

The defiant basically created with a "haha fooled ya!" idea in mind.which at first it gave a nasty surprise to those used to fighters shooting from the front and not from the back.

but, it became easy to catch on to. and thats why i think the defiant failed.


i DO think the defiant would of been good as a bomber attacking.

just replace those 4 .303s with say, 2 .50cals or maybe even a 20mm, then fly under a bombers wing and just shoot its wings off from underneath, safely out of reach of the bombers defensive guns.

[Imowface]

To be honest, if they added forward firing guns to it, it may not have been that bad

[Angus]

It was used to some extent as a night interceptor, - the whole idea being shooting from below.
The Germans later used the same idea with the Scrage Muzik.
The Defiant just lacked the power for the draggy turret. Picture a Beaufighter with a turret like that, as well as nose guns, and you have a completely good idea
Anyway, - the Breda. Yeachhh!

[Debrody]

me 163 anyone?  excellent performance, but was completely useless in service. Maybe not the absolute worst, but a fail.

[Tyrannis]

It was used to some extent as a night interceptor, - the whole idea being shooting from below.
The Germans later used the same idea with the Scrage Muzik.
The Defiant just lacked the power for the draggy turret. Picture a Beaufighter with a turret like that, as well as nose guns, and you have a completely good idea
Anyway, - the Breda. Yeachhh!

The japanese also had a semi close idea too with the C6N1-S Saiun.


had a 30mm cannon protruding out the top of the canopy intended to fly under early war b24s and b25s that didnt have any protection under there bellies.

[Greebo]

A lot of this is just us using the benefit of hindsight.

The Battle for instance was considered a modern aircraft when it was introduced in the mid 30s, capable of carrying twice the bombload at much higher speeds and greater range than the biplanes it replaced. By 1940 it was obsolete, partly due to Fairey's attempts to give it more power being prevented by the ministry of production. However its decimation in May 1940 was as much to do with stupid RAF tactics as the aircraft itself. The Battles were sent out in small groups at low level and usually unescorted to attack bridges and armoured columns protected by masses of AA and fighters. Any similar plane of the time (Kate, Stuka, Devastator etc.) would have suffered the same fate in the same circumstances. In fact later in the war these planes did suffer exactly the same fate.

 The idea of the Defiant was to formate with enemy bombers and use the turret to blast away at them from outside their guns defensive arcs. This wasn't a totally stupid idea when looked at from a pre-war perspective. Enemy bombers coming from Germany would be outside of the range of escorting fighters so Defiants might have done OK. However the Defiant was still a bad idea in so much as a Hurricane could still have done its job better at less cost. The Defiant's mauling in 1940 was as a result of the RAF commiting them to engagements in range of enemy fighters. They should have been kept up in the north of England freeing up Spitfires and Hurricanes for the south. Of course this is me using the benefit of hindsight.

[JOACH1M]

You really want to tell me that this wasn't "actually bad"?

Bachem Ba 349


ack-ack

it's just my opinion, doesn't really mean much at all.

[Chalenge]

General Motors P-75 Eagle. GM bought their way out of the B-29 development support group by claiming they had to devote their resources to this monstrosity. Pure fail.

[Imowface]

General Motors P-75 Eagle. GM bought their way out of the B-29 development support group by claiming they had to devote their resources to this monstrosity. Pure fail.

lets try to keep it to A/C that were actually used chalenge, because there are Far too many failed experiments to compair with the truly bad planes that fought

[Chalenge]

Sorry... didnt read that in your OP. It meats all the criteria originally stated. WWII  and it sucks... badly!