This is the spitfire, the best fighter aircraft of world war 2. Say something nice about it
This is the spitfire, the best fighter aircraft of world war 2. Say something nice about it
Anthony Murphy
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Nathan Richardson
sorry you're not a P-38
Jacob Cruz
>something nice
It was nearly as good as the mustang.
Leo Harris
But that's not the Yak.
David Hughes
Actually that seems to be a model.
>tfw you will never have a dog and a MkXIV
Julian Robinson
Cringe
Colton Baker
Guten Tag, Island Schweinhunds! Do I schmell Luftwaffles?
Jacob Rivera
step aside fags
Brandon Price
>not the fw190
Can I get a uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh
Andrew Richardson
Indeed it's not.
Jace Lee
Is that dog better than Nigger?
Liam Collins
I'm ashamed to say I forget whose dog that was. It seems like every book I read written by the RAF features at least two dogs.
Connor Ward
Guy Gibson's dog. Dambusters
Aaron King
Truth
Leo White
Good interceptors and good range but I don't see what made them good fighters.
Caleb Lee
>wing to thick
>spar to far aft
>needs to be almost entirely redesigned by wars end
Asher Lewis
Like pic related, the Spitfire was obsolete as soon as it entered service, it was out turned, slower to climb, and less well armed than the slightly older Bf109.
Liam Rodriguez
>multiroles your Lufftwafe
he, nothing personel kido
Chase Garcia
Major Dick Bong, America's top ace, made 40 kills in a P-38.
Samuel Diaz
>the Spitfire was obsolete as soon as it entered service
It likely received more design updates than any other fighter during the war, which was pretty impressive considering none of them significantly altered the design. Few aircraft were able to adapt to the changing needs of combat like it did, and though its performance wasn't incredible when compared to the late war fighters it was easily one of the best early war designs.
Robert James
That doesn't mean jack shit. What if he flew the war in a juggernaut instead of lightning and scored 60?
Lucas Adams
You asked what made it a good fighter. I gave you an example of someone who made not just a lot of kills, but the most kills of any American pilot, in said fighter.
The P-38 was also great for long range escort missions for bombers, before the advent of the P-51, and was a decent CAS platform too.
Ethan Harris
The Little Huntress may not have been the best, but she was a valiant scrapper that remained relevant for an entire decade.
Nolan Perez
cringe
Anthony Scott
youtube.com
turn it up
warning profanity NSFW
Lucas Harris
>кpынджe
Ryan Walker
>*runs out of petrol*
Logan Murphy
>oh please shoot me with your canons Hans
Jaxon Bell
lack of options in the Mediterranean, lack of competition in the Pacific
Isaac Bennett
Absolutely blue-pilled.
Owen Miller
>Thread about fighter aircraft
>Posts stuka
Liam Gray
Mig-3 is pretty uninteresting.
Zachary Collins
Blind or stupid?
Chase Bell
Im sorry thats not a late war jet
Jeremiah Gutierrez
"only pretending" I bet
Cameron Wright
If the bf109 was so good then why did Germany lose the battle of Britain?
Checkmate
Wyatt Moore
step aside faggots
Asher Bennett
Because 80% of the Luftwaffe had already been moved East in prep for Barbarossa, and only the rawest pilots were assigned duty on the Atlantikwall. Not to mention that in strategic terms the Battle of Britain didn't really exist, as the elimination of the RAF wasn't a prerequisite for an invasion that was never seriously considered viable by German high command anyway.
Ryder Hill
"""""fighter""""""
Mate it was barely an experimental aircraft and crashed on nearly every test flight
Nathaniel Long
Well, because Hitler was a retard and nobody could tell him without insulting him. The battle of britain was a battle of strategic bombardment and somehow one british bombing party getting through to blow up like 5 houses got Hitler so mad he wanted the Luftwaffe to target civilian targets instead of airfields, factories etc
Colton Bennett
>no gull wing
>no fixed gear
>Stuka
What?
Carter Reyes
I mean, he's kinda right if you give it the benefit of the doubt, as Stuka was not just the nickname given to the Ju 87, but just the name of a role. It was short for "Sturzkampfbomber" or dive bomber, and 109s with additional cannons would often also carry a bomb and perform CAS duties, acting similarly to dive bombers
David Jackson
no user, it's an a d v a n c e d STUKE which shared many parts with the BF109E.
Jack Evans
Yeah the 229 wass a shit idea, tho I'm surprised noone brought up the 262 yet as it absolutely shat on bombing parties, which was exactly what it was designed for
Owen Parker
i like the tempest
Eli Smith
So do we consider this thicc girl a fighter, or are night fighters a separate category for ww2 purposes?
Ethan Butler
well, if the P61 gets to be a fighter, the Bf110 should also!
Liam Morris
Excellent British radar whose importance wasn't realized by the Germans until late in the battle, ranges that left most Luftwaffe fighters with barely a dozen minutes of fuel for fighting over the actual target areas and the Royal Navy's uncontested hold of the English Channel allowing for the recovery of downed friendly pilots and the capture of enemy ones. Dogged Anglo tenacity played an important part, too, of course - but in regards to the airframes involved? The LW and RAF were pretty evenly matched.
I think a slightly more accurate German designation for fighters in the ground-attack role would be Jabos, or Jagdbombers.
Easton Williams
A handsome machine, indeed.
Easton Watson
Better make it a heavy fighter instead of night fighter category, since there's stuff like the Zerstörer on day duty (well, they tried it at least) and some Fw190 with radar for night duty, though the overlap between the two groups is of course massive.
Cameron Bailey
A shame you couldn't see it in its most important role as a night fighter, though it was later eclipsed.
Ryan Anderson
Which was better: bf109 or fw190?
Jaxon Allen
Hey, no cheating. OP said WW2, that's an La-9.
Adrian Hughes
Experience aside, weren't yakolev-3 top of the line end of the war fighters that excelled in dog fighting
Nolan Wilson
Sexiest WW2 bird. Not even debatable
Parker Clark
only slightly edged out by this, the sexiest aircraft ever built
Joseph Scott
It was a mediocre interceptor and of no strategic importance to the war.
Kevin Cox
why was the cowling so long if it's a radial?
pretty though
Owen Wood
Fuel tanks, maybe? Corsair did the same thing
I'll agree that the 262 looks good
Carter Allen
Thats a weird looking F-4U Corsair
Grayson Peterson
A
David Evans
6
Grayson Williams
M
Julian Smith
>why was the cowling so long if it's a radial?
A twin-row radial.
Jordan Watson
>turn it up
yeah, I think not.
Benjamin Rodriguez
OP asked for the best fighter of world war 2, not the best fighter of the beginning of world war 2
Parker Stewart
>best fighter aircraft of world war 2
That's not a P-38.
Ethan Russell
If there is a yoke in the cockpit, it's not a fighter
Josiah Morris
Step aside, small fry
Oliver Hall
>262
Dylan Reyes
>lol it's only 30mm
Jason Parker
...
Carson Ross
>Minimal use of restricted materials
>Uses the proven, easily updated Merlin
>excellent performance
Only the Ju-88 beats this thing in the "can do anything" category because the Ju-88 was also an air to ground weapon.
William Wood
>Shit plane that was verging on obsolete in 1940 and very obsolete in 1941 with the introduction of the 109F
Ayden Fisher
>easy to produce proven technology
vs.
>20 minutes of fuel
Cooper Ross
Bentley Allen
You make a convincing argument
Austin Morales
>Got BTFO in France by the LW
>Only useful in BoB when escorted by Spitfires
>Okay against 30s Italian designs, gets BTFO by LW in the desert, gets replaced by the Tomahawk
>Get BTFO by japs in Malaya
>Relegated to ground attack for the rest of the war in in the secondary front known as Italy
Levi Adams
Technically speaking the F6F got the highest kill count in thhe war that I know of
Dominic Harris
The Mosquito was far more than just a heavy bomber/ASW/Night Fighter/Pathfinder; it was also an air superiority fighter
Jose Hall
>Gets hit with multiple 30mm rounds
>just shake it off lol
Cameron Edwards
In the US Navy and the PTO at 5,168
Mustang had more kills with 5,954, 4,950 of which in the ETO.
Cameron Stewart
I know. They also made a fighter version of the Ju-88 too, for some reason.
Easton Flores
Mosquito was a spectacular success in so many roles and it flew @ 400MPH
Charles Morris
I understand that we're divided on the best fighter. But at least we're all United in thinking that the Lancaster was the best bomber, right?
Gavin Ortiz
Behind the B-29, yes. Though it wasn't really that suitable for day light raids, it did get results though.
Michael Foster
That's not a B-29, so no
Cameron Price
This is a thread about fighter aircraft, not bombs.
Grayson Murphy
Barrel bomb spotted, those belong in Japan
Jacob Cruz
>Bombs cities to strengthen enemy resistance
Noah Moore
Wonder why...
Lincoln Barnes
I believe bombing Berlin was part of the British plan to take pressure of RAF fields by making the Germans bomb population centers back
Luke Anderson
Performance aircraft spotted, the sound of crashing on a carrier deck is very loud
Xavier Turner
“Fortis Leader?”
Jeremiah Nguyen
F
Luke Nelson
The sky is for heroes
Zachary Martinez
>the sound of crashing on a carrier deck is very loud
"Better our own interceptors than Jap kamikazes" thought the designers.
James Cooper
Read a book
Daniel Bailey
Late model?
Jeremiah King
For me, it's the Ta 152. Sure it's not as fast or cool as jets but it was way cheaper and easier to maintain/manufacture. If Nazis weren't retards they would've churned this out instead of the 262 to greater effect.
>tfw no flight sim campaign where you operate with the OSS using your Mosquito night fighter
Feels bad