What was the best fighter plane of WW 2? Regardless of nation of origin.?

Answer 1

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.

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The P-Mustang was a better plane as well as the German Jets, but in overall kills, the 109 was superior. This is a hard question when it comes to comparing fighters, theGerman had a "fly till you die" policy, while the American rotated their pilots out after so many missions.

Answer 2

Very good question. And one I've had an interest in for 30 years. In my opinion, the first best fighter was the Messerschmitt BF 109. Then came the British Spitfire - developed after the 109. And last, came the U.S. P-51. Of course, none of these planes were any good with out excellent pilots. I worked for a man at a gas station when I was in high school (Phoenix, AZ). He was a German 109 pilot. He was shot down over France in 1944. Was captured by Americans and sent to a POW camp near Mesa, AZ. After the war he was sent home, but came back to Arizona after one year - worked for a while - married a Mexican lady - and bought the gas station. And years later, gave me a job. I really liked that old guy and he had many great stories. I still miss him. He was a great guy.

Answer 3

P-51 Mustang

Answer 4

P-51 Mustang.

The Spitfire was never designed to carry drop tanks so the range was severely limited.

The Me-109 had a crap wheel system, more German pilots died on landing and take off than from being shot out of the skies. A narrow cockpit, with fold down door, very hard to get out of when hit.

Answer 5

tough to determine a "best" since there are many criteria you could use, and timing during the course of the war matters also - aircraft that were superior in 1940 were yesterdays news by 1944. also, some of the most technically superior aircraft only appeared in the final stages of the war in small numbers, and had little overall effect as a result. Different fronts of the war emphasized different characteristics for fighters as well, making 'best' theatre dependent too.

the most significant aircraft to the course of the war is probably the P-51D, since it enabled the allies to provide support and air cover for bombers in daylight all the way to Berlin, prevening the Luftwaffe from being able to regroup and train new pilots.

Answer 6

It depends on your criteria. Number of kills? Number of Aces produced? Number of high-scoring aces? Most strategically significant? The most strategically significant fighter plane of WWII was the North American P51D Mustang because of it's ability to escort long range bombers and be competitive against all other fighter planes in a dogfight. I prefer this criteria: which one would I want to be in if I was up against an opponent? In that case my answer is the Focke Wolfe FW190 D-9 or it's next generation follow-on TA-152H. Of course you had to get lucky with the TA-152's because they were pumping them out so fast there at the end that most of them were glitchy.

Answer 7

The Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe was actually the best, but it was too little, and too late by the time the Germans could field it. Second to that would be the P-51 Mustang. It had the power, the armament, and the armor.

Answer 8

P-47 Thunderbolt till the P-51 Mustang showed up with the Merlin engine. Jugs was a flying tank that could rain death & destruction down & take an incredible beating & still get it's pilot home.

Answer 9

The P-51 Mustang! It's the tank-killer in Europe and a protector in the skies.

Answer 10

Probably the P-51 Mustang, especially after its upgrade with the Rolls Royce engine. It was able to effectively change roles from fighter to ground attack aircraft without loosing its effectiveness. It was able to clear the french skies of German aircraft and paved the way for D-Day, after which it was able to attack any enemy movement on the ground.