Lousiest Fighter in WWII?
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i doubt that. The hurricane always gave a damned good accounting of itself. If u read Roald Dahl's "Going Solo" you'll know just how well they held up against the Nazi airforce in Greece. A single squadron of 15 hurricanes took on over 100+ german ME109s over a period of several months and had an incredible kill:loss ratio.Originally posted by SBS3625D:I heard that some time later, a batch of hurricanes arrived and on first day of operations, shot down 5 unescorted Jap bombers. Next day, went to attack escorted bombers and lost 3. -
Even when converted for ground attack they preformed excellence
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Possible if they Hurricane pilots here sucks badly?Originally posted by HENG@:i doubt that. The hurricane always gave a damned good accounting of itself. If u read Roald Dahl's "Going Solo" you'll know just how well they held up against the Nazi airforce in Greece. A single squadron of 15 hurricanes took on over 100+ german ME109s over a period of several months and had an incredible kill:loss ratio. -
doubt it.Originally posted by Texcoco II:Possible if they Hurricane pilots here sucks badly? -
Went to dig up my pointer magazine, says that hurricanes are superior to zeros at higher altitudes.Originally posted by HENG@:i doubt that. The hurricane always gave a damned good accounting of itself. If u read Roald Dahl's "Going Solo" you'll know just how well they held up against the Nazi airforce in Greece. A single squadron of 15 hurricanes took on over 100+ german ME109s over a period of several months and had an incredible kill:loss ratio.
20 Jan 1942, first day of ops, shot down 8 Jap bombers, next day lost 5. -
I think the Hurracian is not that bad yet.
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The Hurricanes did well over Singapore, but again, pilot quality, tactics and the entire defence of Malaya did them in. Coupled with Japanese numerical superiority, they couldn't achieve miracles. Read Hurricanes over Singapore, the sister book of Buffalos over Singapore I mentioned earlier.
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There were so many advantages n disadvantages to all the WW2 aircraft. I saw this documentary on discovery channel where they showed how the Bf109s would try to lead their adversary hurricanes into negative g' dives to get their engines to fail.
Why? Cos the hurricane engines usin carborator while their bF109s have direct fuel injection. =/ -
in the end its about whether u know how to use your plane's strengths to your advantage while tactically avoiding situations which allows the enemy to exploit its weaknesses.
My 3 fav WW2 fighters would be the FW-190, the Supermarine Spitfire and the P-38 Lightning!
The P-38 was simply unique and lovely. the FW-190 had a raw brutal beauty to it and the Spitfire had the sexiest curves. Lovely trio of planes.
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I think the sexiest design is still the Mustang. Unfortunately, they only realised the mustang's full potential near the end of the war. The mustang was actually in service very early in the war, as early as 41 or 42.
They served in the RAF, as recon and light ground attack fighters, as its original allison engine was considered inadequate. Strangely, the merlin was already around at this time, it just didn occure to the yanks or the brits to put these 2 together. =/ -
The P38 lightning during bomber escort duty over Europe frequently encountered engine problems. It's engine either seized or froze due to inadequate cold protection, and large numbers were lost to engine failure rather than the enemy.Originally posted by HENG@:in the end its about whether u know how to use your plane's strengths to your advantage while tactically avoiding situations which allows the enemy to exploit its weaknesses.
My 3 fav WW2 fighters would be the FW-190, the Supermarine Spitfire and the P-38 Lightning!
The P-38 was simply unique and lovely. the FW-190 had a raw brutal beauty to it and the Spitfire had the sexiest curves. Lovely trio of planes.
The Spitfire was totally outclassed by the FW-190, and this was clearly illustrated at the Dieppe amphibious landings.
For a list of aircraft that were bad:
1. P400 aircobra
2. Buffalo
3. Me-163 Komet (one-flight wonder)
4. Gloster Gladiators (defenders of Malta)
5. Swordfish torpedo bombers
6. Wildcat
7. TBM Devestator Torpedo bombers
Yup, think there was an italian model call 'dewotine' or something which saw some action, not sure how it rated. But the Fiat models contributed to the hopelessness of the Regia Aeronautica during WWII. -
honestly? i don't care if the P-38 had problems. It was unique u dun see another plane like that anymore. Maybe it'll be in the future when we have space craft b4 we see another design like that. It just had this beauty to it.
And nevermind the spitfire being outclassed. It was sexier and anyways it won the battle of britain and anyways the it was the ME-109s they have to face over the skies of england. -
Honestly, i think the COSAIR was THE underrated plane of the war....it was both carrier-based and land-based and was immensely loved by their crews.
I also loved the wooden DeHavilland Mosquito....multi-role plane. -
Well swordfish is e only bi-plane 2 play an important part in sinking more then 1 top-of-e-line battleships during a time domiated by mono-planes
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I'd like to nominate the JU-88 even tho its technically not a fighter.
8 of them attacked a single Sunderland Seaplane. Only 2 escaped alive. -
So fat! Surprised that it can actually take off.Originally posted by Texcoco II:
I heard this fighter is famous for its bad reputation sd s "Flying Coffin" in the USMC. It is used by RAF and RAAF to defend Singapore and Australia. However the it is popular and successful with the Finnish pilots when send against Soviet fighters