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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:07:36 PM EDT
the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII?
for me, its the Jug. Not exactly pretty, but loads of speed, power, durability, and firepower 
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:08:25 PM EDT
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First post and all.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:08:47 PM EDT
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Corsair
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:09:33 PM EDT
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P-51 was the Apex fighter of that era.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:10:50 PM EDT
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P-38.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:11:13 PM EDT
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P-47 Thunderbolt For the same reasons you've listed above.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:11:20 PM EDT
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Fork-tailed devil.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:11:25 PM EDT
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The choice of America's top aces of course, Fork Tailed Devil for the win
Followed very closely by 
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:11:34 PM EDT
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P-38
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:12:45 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:12:57 PM EDT
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Jug is it.
LOVE the P51, but that liquid cooled engine............damn, one bullet and you are on the silk. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:13:33 PM EDT
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The one he was flying:
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:15:40 PM EDT
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Another vote for the P38.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:16:02 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted:
the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:16:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:16:41 PM EDT
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I have found it impossible to have ONE favorite American fighter; there are too
many good 'un's to choose from. My favorite USAAF bird is the L model P-38 for the PTO, and, like the OP, the P-47 for the ETO. My favorite Navy fighter is the F6F Hellcat (my Nana built these, an added bonus  );
My favorite Marine bird is, of course, the F4U Corsair. American WWII fighters are my all-time favorite aircraft. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:18:29 PM EDT
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P-51 was the Apex fighter of that era. Exactly! |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:18:56 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted:
the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people
The US flew some Spitfires. Built, no, but we did have a few Spitfire squadrons. Just like the UK flew P-51s, P-40s, and a handful of P-38s and P-39s (plus Corsairs, Wildcats, Avengers, and Hellcats...) |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:19:34 PM EDT
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Unfortunately, P-51 Mustangs cost 3-5 million more dollars than I have.
But 450 miles per hour is really fast. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:20:33 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted:
the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people
The US flew some Spitfires. Built, no, but we did have a few Spitfire squadrons. Just like the UK flew P-51s, P-40s, and a handful of P-38s and P-39s. IIRC the 5th FS flew the Spits in Italy |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:20:48 PM EDT
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F4U
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:21:45 PM EDT
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My favorite WW2 fighters are the P-47, the P-51 and the F-4U.
I wish I was a multi-bazillionaire. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:22:09 PM EDT
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P51-D
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:22:25 PM EDT
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Quoted:
First post and all. that cause thats what my granddaddy flew
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:23:44 PM EDT
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 Followed by  |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:24:08 PM EDT
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The US flew some Spitfires. Built, no, but we did have a few Spitfire squadrons. Just like the UK flew P-51s, P-40s, and a handful of P-38s and P-39s (plus Corsairs, Wildcats, Avengers, and Hellcats...) I'm well aware of that, but with that being said if you would consider the Spitfire an American fighter plane, you are probably one only a handful on the planet earth that would do so. The Spitfire is British Steel through and through. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:25:04 PM EDT
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The Spitfire XIX is the shiznit, but for the American side I've always had a thing for the F8F Bearcat tho it barely missed combat. Would have killed Zero's like a mofo, too.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:27:12 PM EDT
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Quoted: P-51 was the Apex fighter of that era. Not really, there was just a lot of them. Many AC outgunned and out climbed them. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:28:07 PM EDT
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P38
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:28:58 PM EDT
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Another vote for the P-38
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:30:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:31:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: P-51 was the Apex fighter of that era. Not really, there was just a lot of them. Many AC outgunned and out climbed them. Range->Firepower->Durability->Handling. That's what made the P51 so good. It was plentiful, but did everything well and most importantly was easy to fly. Pilots flew it well. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:32:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted: the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people 4th Fighter Group flew 3 squadrons of Spitfires, thanks for playing. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:34:53 PM EDT
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Here's my vote too for the P-47 Thunderbolt, the work horse of the European theater.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:37:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: P-51 was the Apex fighter of that era. Exactly! |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:37:59 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted:
the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people
4th Fighter Group flew 3 squadrons of Spitfires, thanks for playing. Keep on reading on. I guess the P40 is a Chinese aircraft and the P39 a Russian one? Who knew....... 
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:39:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: Corsair |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:40:06 PM EDT
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The P-38 and the F4U Corsair are tied as my favs.
The Hurricane is just really cool |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:40:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted: the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people 4th Fighter Group flew 3 squadrons of Spitfires, thanks for playing. Keep on reading on. I guess the P40 is a Chinese aircraft and the P39 a Russian one? Who knew....... Nowhere did the OP qualify this thread by "American Manufactured only". American can certainly mean "issued", we used armament from other nations, so be nice and accept it. Your blood pressure will thank you. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:41:34 PM EDT
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P-38
P-61 |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:43:28 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Quoted:
the FW190 thread got me thinking about WWII fighters, what is your favorite American fighter of WWII? reading its not just for smart people
4th Fighter Group flew 3 squadrons of Spitfires, thanks for playing. Keep on reading on. I guess the P40 is a Chinese aircraft and the P39 a Russian one? Who knew.......
Nowhere did the OP qualify this thread by "American Manufactured only". American can certainly mean "issued", we used armament from other nations, so be nice and accept it. Your blood pressure will thank you. this is why I love GD, only here do you have an argument on wether or not American fighter means American built or American issued
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:43:31 PM EDT
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This, followed very closely by the P-51D.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:45:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:47:59 PM EDT
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Keep on reading on. I guess the P40 is a Chinese aircraft and the P39 a Russian one? Who knew.......
Nowhere did the OP qualify this thread by "American Manufactured only". American can certainly mean "issued", we used armament from other nations, so be nice and accept it. Your blood pressure will thank you. Gee for a guy who says "The Spitfire XIX is the shiznit, but for the American side..." You would think people have the general understanding that the Spitfire is a product of the United Kingdom and is predominately known world wide as a British warplane. Or was that not what you were insinuating? For whatever reason from time to time you seem to try and provoke an irrational response with semantics, I'll tell you what I've always told you, play your games if you must but fish elsewhere. Way to jump in from the sidelines and derail the thread. ETA: So are we now of the general thought process that if a nation uses arms from another, they are now considered their own? In that same line of thought, your Suzuki Vstrom I guess is an American bike yes? Since its sold, distributed, and ridden in the United States......Hell my BMW's are American bikes! And Harleys are now Japanese and Kuwaiti because I've seen them there!
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:48:30 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Is that really a spitfire or one of those 3/4 scale flying replicas? |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:48:41 PM EDT
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P-38 and P-40 cause my grandfather flew them in combat. Followed by P-51,case he flew it but it was after the war.
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:49:35 PM EDT
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Corsair If I absolutely had to pick one, this would be it. However, given the resources, I'd rather collect the whole set!
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:50:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:51:40 PM EDT
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I have a hard time between the P-51, P-38, and Spitfire. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Duxford2002/Spitfires/Sampler/SpitfireEp120Banking30DegreesLeft10oClock.jpg Sweet. Came in to say Spitfire. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:51:51 PM EDT
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Which one do you not like?? I think they were all badass! Look at the youtube video P-51 low pass
it gives me goosebumps. Designed and built by folks that may have ridden to school on a wagon, no computers, no 3D animation. People accomplished a lot before the information age. |
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Posted: 12/6/2010 3:54:20 PM EDT
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My personal favorite is the Thunderbolt. Late in the war, after Germany's surrender, the P-47Ns were the fastest production fighter in the world. Republic went to a "wet" wing to add the necessary range, reduced the number of parts, lightening up the heavy beast, clipped the wings a bit to increase roll and speed and added the most powerful version of the R-2800 engine. With the monster turbocharger, the P-47Ns could hold well over 450mph TAS well over 30kft.
That said...the Mustang was the acme of fighter engineering in WWII. It was good...if not great at everything it did. The Packard-Merlin engine with its outstanding two-stage, two-speed supercharger would maintain power from sea level to 30kft+, making it marginally faster than any Axis fighter at all altitudes. It could outmaneuver almost all other aircraft at all altitudes, at any speed over 250kts IAS and could easily control the air battle. It was the greatest offensive fighter since the Zero in 1942. It was also pretty darn comfortable for the pilots. The P-51Hs were light, fast and oh-so deadly. The Mustang was a real hot rod and arguably the finest all around fighter of WW II. |
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