If you have the money and skills to own and fly a WWII plane, which one would it be and why?
For me it is a toss up between the P-38 Lightening and the British Mosquito fighter/bomber. Love a fast mulit-engine with awsome firepower and multi-use.
2007-08-10 00:17:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Messersm. Bf 109.... 6 of their aces had over 200 kills. One of them, Erich Hartmann, destroyed 352 Russian planes. They flew, and racked up staggeringly high scores over North Africa, France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Poland, and, in the end, Germany itself. Two hundred aerial victories each. By comparison, the top U.S. aces of World War Two achieved twenty or more.
2007-08-10 03:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a single engine plane, a P-40, a P 51 the F4U Corsair, Spitfire,
Foke Wolf F-90 , Russian YAK, and the Japanese A6 M Zero, For multi engine, several interest me : the Junkers JU 88, The C-47, the Hienkel H 111, The American A-20 and the British Lancaster, Sterling, and Mosquito...but I would love having a go at the Fairey Swordfish too.
2007-08-10 00:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to all the Americans on here but it would have to be God`s Own Aircraft.
The Supermarine Spitfire.
Sleek, fast, well armed, a noise to compare with a symphony beautiful lines and, as a piece of engineering, sheer unadulterated genius.
Yes she wouldn`t fly as far as a Mustang, didn`t have the brute power of a P47 and didn`t have aces with 200 kills. WHO CARES??
Look at the shape, admire the beauty and feel the sound of freedom wash over you.
(As a matter of interest from a previous answer. Hans Joachim Marseilles, the top Luftwaffe ace in Africa claimed 9 aircraft shot down in a day. The Desert Air force lost 7 in total that day including two Hurricanes, a type he didn`t claim. After 25 years researching WW2 aircraft I can honestly say, Never trust Luftwaffe records without at least two corroborating sources.
2007-08-10 10:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Spitfire or a Mosquito.
I have always liked the Mossie but didnt realise just what a fantastic warplane it was until I watched a T.V documentary on it a few days ago....awesome.
Sptifires are kind of in the blood and i regularly see them flying overhead to airshows.
2007-08-10 00:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always been more partial to the bombers. I love the B-29, but the B-17 comes in a close second.
2007-08-10 02:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by Curtis B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P-47 Republic
2000 hp
8 X M2 MG
Solid metallic look
2007-08-10 00:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by Animal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
eastern kamikaze pilots have been used throughout WWII. I don`t believe that they've been used at Pearl Harbor, there became no desire, on account that they blew up each and every thing in sight, & took very few casualties. they actually didn`t initiate using them till the warfare started turning against them.
2016-11-11 22:35:29 · answer #7 · answered by dugas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The P-51D Mustang is a very popular plane, I'd go with a P-47D Thunderbolt; nicknamed the "2-Ton Milkjug" or just "Jug".
2007-08-10 21:42:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chance-Vought F4U Corsair.
2007-08-10 05:18:26 · answer #9 · answered by wkp901 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd love to have a P-51 Mustang like the one named "Glamorous Glen," which was Chuck Yeager's plane named for his wife.
2007-08-10 00:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋