Firehorse
Free Thinker
- Sep 4, 2011
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Ok ... I know the P-51 gets a lot of love for it's characteristics and performance but I'm not picking that plane and my reasoning is simple, we entered the war in late '41 this is a full year after the Germans had lost the Battle of Britton and a large number of their experianced pilots. I know the P-51 has some great kill ratios, but the level of compitition had dropped.
I'm more inclined to go with the Hurricane/Spitfire
Other nominies include:
Zero (too fragile in my book)
262 (came in too late though most were only shot down with taking off or landing)
Hellcat (one tough bugger)
Corsair (made some early maintance issues)
190 (could have been great, before the pilot loss)
Lightning (same gripe as with 51 ... Who was flying those other planes?)
Your nominee here ______
I'm more inclined to go with the Hurricane/Spitfire
Other nominies include:
Zero (too fragile in my book)
262 (came in too late though most were only shot down with taking off or landing)
Hellcat (one tough bugger)
Corsair (made some early maintance issues)
190 (could have been great, before the pilot loss)
Lightning (same gripe as with 51 ... Who was flying those other planes?)
Your nominee here ______