(May 8, 2010 at 8:07 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(May 8, 2010 at 7:23 am)Zen Badger Wrote: What were the five best single seat fighters of WWII?
mustang
spitfire
me 109
foker wolf
zero
Mustang, agreed.
Spitfire, for the fact that it was such a stretchable design.
109, partly because it IS my favorite and it was flown by almost all the top scoring aces of all time.
Focke Wulfe ( not foker wolf) 190, for being applicable to so many different roles.
But not the Zero, it was only ascendent for 6 months. Then the Hellcat and Corsair trounched it.
So No.5 would be the Macchi Mc.202
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.