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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:27:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:29:02 AM EDT
[#1]
Spitfire
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:29:56 AM EDT
[#2]
ME-262, followed closely by the F4U.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:30:07 AM EDT
[#3]
P-47 (and B-24 for bombers).
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:31:04 AM EDT
[#4]
P-51D.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:31:30 AM EDT
[#5]
P-38
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:33:20 AM EDT
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I'm a fan of the P-38.
Honorable mention to the La-7, Mosquito, F6F, Ki-61, and B-29. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:33:44 AM EDT
[#7]
The Butcher Bird:
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:33:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:34:38 AM EDT
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ME-262, followed closely by the F4U. Exactly!! |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:34:55 AM EDT
[#10]
P-61D Black Widow. worlds first night fighter/bomber
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:35:18 AM EDT
[#11]
Catalina
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:35:44 AM EDT
[#12]
This. Or the B-17. It's kind of a toss up. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:35:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:35:51 AM EDT
[#14]
B-17
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:36:39 AM EDT
[#15]
BF109
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:37:19 AM EDT
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From the German side, I like the Stuka dive bomber.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:39:30 AM EDT
[#17]
P-40
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:39:51 AM EDT
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I always thought his one was cool as hell... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Focke_Wulf_Fw189.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_189 "One Fw 189 survives today. Its story starts on May 4, 1943 when Fw 189 V7+1H (Werk Nr. 2100) based at Pontsalenjoki took off on a mission to photograph the Loukhi-3 airbase from an altitude of 6,000 m (20,000 ft), then to continue north along the Murmansk-Leningrad railway. Approximately 31 minutes after taking off V7+1H was attacked by Soviet Hawker Hurricane fighters. The aircraft dived to escape the fighters, but owing to damage already suffered could not pull out in time, and it struck the treetops. The tail was torn off, and the crew nacelle left hanging upside down within the trees. The pilot, Lothar Mothes, survived but one crewman was killed in the crash and the third died from blood loss as a result of a severed leg. Incredibly, Mothes was able to survive two weeks in sub-zero temperatures, evading Soviet patrols while eating bark and grubs as he walked back to his base. Mothes spent the next nine months in a hospital recovering from severe frostbite before returning to the front lines to eventually fly another 100 missions. In 1991, the wreckage of V7+1H was found in the Russian forest where it had remained for 48 years. The aircraft was purchased by a group of British aircraft enthusiasts and was shipped to the UK, arriving in the town of Worthing, West Sussex in March 1992. The Focke Wulf 189 Restoration Society was formed to restore the aircraft to flying condition. Her pilot met up again with his aircraft in 1996 at Biggin Hill airshow." Wow! |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:39:57 AM EDT
[#19]
F4U Corsair - Black Sheep Squadron |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:41:24 AM EDT
[#20]
P-47 Thunderbolt "Jug"
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:42:13 AM EDT
[#21]
Toss up between the Corsair and P51.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:42:16 AM EDT
[#22]
 P-39 |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:43:20 AM EDT
[#23]
I love the P-38 but my grandfather shot down one of these
 in one of these by radar at night in probably the first ever kill by radar alone. 
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:44:39 AM EDT
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So many good choices. I really like the F4U, for whatever sick reason I like the P39 and P63. For just ground attack bad assness - like the A-26 (I guess Brits would say Mesquto instead. - but I like the up to 22 forward firing 50's)
That said - FW-190 would probably be my fighter pick, A-26 if I was shooting at ground troops. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:45:02 AM EDT
[#25]
So many fine machines to choose from, but The Jug is my favorite: 
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:45:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:46:11 AM EDT
[#27]
Or, of course, the plane I soloed in: /slideimage1.jpg)
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:02:01 AM EDT
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http://www.stinsonreliant.com/images/v77_st_marys_co_md.jpg http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/air-recent/norseman.jpg Or, of course, the plane I soloed in: http://www.airbornemedia.com/store/collection/l-4(fa3671)/slideimage1.jpg You are the only poster on arfcom that is cool. 
Heres my submission: 
World War II
Prior to Pearl Harbor, about 80 DGA-8 through DGA-15 ships had been built at the Howard Aircraft Corporation factory on the south side of Chicago Midway Airport. With America's entry into World War II, most of the civilian Howards were commandeered by the military. The Army used them as officer transports and as ambulance planes, with the designation UC-70. The Navy, in particular, much liked the plane and contracted Howard Aircraft Corporation to build hundreds of the DGA-15s to its own specifications. They were used variously as an officer's utility transport (GH-1, GH-3), aerial ambulance (GH-2), and for instrument training (NH-1). A second factory was opened at Dupage County airport, west of Chicago, and about 550 DGA's were eventually completed. The Howard was and is an excellent instrument platform, very stable and solid, especially compared to modern light aircraft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_DGA-15 |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:02:33 AM EDT
[#29]
P-38. My father flew them briefly in the Pacific right at the end of the war.
Jane |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:05:54 AM EDT
[#30]
One for the Jug!
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:15:35 AM EDT
[#31]
P-51D.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:22:57 AM EDT
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B-17 <a href="http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b17ggate.jpg" target="_blank">http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8135/b17ggate.jpg</a> and |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:23:46 AM EDT
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B-17 <a href="http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b17ggate.jpg" target="_blank">http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8135/b17ggate.jpg</a> This. Kept my Dad alive. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:25:34 AM EDT
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This |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:27:44 AM EDT
[#35]
TBF/TBM Avenger. The Wildcat's big brother. What's not to love ?
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:27:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:29:15 AM EDT
[#37]
P-51D
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:31:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:31:54 AM EDT
[#39]
tagged
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:32:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:33:07 AM EDT
[#41]
F4U hands down.
The Stuka was badass too. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:34:23 AM EDT
[#42]
The forked tailed devil:
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:34:53 AM EDT
[#43]
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One of my favorites anyway
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:39:56 AM EDT
[#44]
For me it is a toss-up between the P51-D and the C-47:
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:40:32 AM EDT
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B-17 <a href="http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b17ggate.jpg" target="_blank">http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8135/b17ggate.jpg</a> Bingo. 
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:41:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:42:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:43:25 AM EDT
[#48]
Quoted:
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http://www.stinsonreliant.com/images/v77_st_marys_co_md.jpg http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/air-recent/norseman.jpg Or, of course, the plane I soloed in: http://www.airbornemedia.com/store/collection/l-4(fa3671)/slideimage1.jpg You are the only poster on arfcom that is cool.
Heres my submission: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y236/Iron_Airship/HowardDGA-15P.jpg World War II
Prior to Pearl Harbor, about 80 DGA-8 through DGA-15 ships had been built at the Howard Aircraft Corporation factory on the south side of Chicago Midway Airport. With America's entry into World War II, most of the civilian Howards were commandeered by the military. The Army used them as officer transports and as ambulance planes, with the designation UC-70. The Navy, in particular, much liked the plane and contracted Howard Aircraft Corporation to build hundreds of the DGA-15s to its own specifications. They were used variously as an officer's utility transport (GH-1, GH-3), aerial ambulance (GH-2), and for instrument training (NH-1). A second factory was opened at Dupage County airport, west of Chicago, and about 550 DGA's were eventually completed. The Howard was and is an excellent instrument platform, very stable and solid, especially compared to modern light aircraft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_DGA-15 I like what I like... The Howard is beautiful, but there's something about the Reliant that just works for me. And, of course, who can forget this one? 
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:44:28 AM EDT
[#49]
my grandfather flew a p47 so i got to go with that
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:44:48 AM EDT
[#50]
Hellcat
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