Favourite WWII Aeroplanes

[Mr. Burning]

I love the JU-88, just for its lines and I have a special fondness for the ME-410 which was one of the first Airfix models I assembled.

The Spitfire and Hurricane obviously as well as the Blenheim and Beaufort bombers.

The A-26 marauder also gets a special mention. It looks mean and nasty as does the P-60 Black Widow. A nasty looking aircraft all round.

[jtrnka]

For me the Heinkel 111 Tankbuster and JU-87 G/D and JU88P-1 Tank Busters.
The Horten HO-229.

[Doomhippie]

I guess it's the Mustang D and the FW 190 longnose. Both absolutely beautiful planes. Actually some of the Russian planes looked really good two.

[Hammers]

I guess it's the Mustang D and the FW 190 longnose. Both absolutely beautiful planes. Actually some of the Russian planes looked really good two.

Oh, if you are asking for *good looking* then I have to go with... well,  any Italian aircraft of the war:



Macchi C.202



Reggiane Re.2005



Savoia-Marchetti SM.84

[Hammers]

Any Italian aircraft Hammers?

Breda 65?

Ro 37?

And almost anything with one of those clunking great radial engines their designers were forced to use.

So some pretty planes from Italy but they made some dogs as well

Them to! I used to collect all the Italian 1/72 kits I could find. There is something in Italian aircraft which is immediately identifiable, and I like it!

[Arlequín]

I'm a fan of the Fiat CR32 it's very 'now' and 'happening' if you're in the 1930's. I include it in WW2 as the Italians used it briefly.

[Hammers]

I'm a fan of the Fiat CR32 it's very 'now' and 'happening' if you're in the 1930's. I include it in WW2 as the Italians used it briefly.

Right. The "it" plane of 1938.

[Arlequín]

Don't be a hater, it's what the cool kids were flying... 

Okay, 2nd place goes to the P40 Warhawk


Flying Tigers, John Wayne, Ben Affleck & a Matt Damon stand-in ... and 'shark's mouth' nose art, beat that!

[former user]

I'd go with the emblematic Ju-87 too,
and yes, all italian planes looked best

[Axebreaker]

It has to be the Stuka, because there is no plane that resembles more a bird of prey (Junkers Ju 87B - the one with the bigger canopy):



...and of course the Boeing B-17!

Yep,I'm right with you on this and add to that the Fokker Dr.I triplane.

Christopher

[Arlequín]

Do try and keep up... Fokker Dr.1 as favourite WW2 aircraft? 

[Hammers]

and SM 79 in the early stages of construction

I bet it's the Airfix kit with the open canopy and swivelling MG. I loved that kit as a youngster.

[carlos marighela]

Right. The "it" plane of 1938.

Hmm.... well it might have vied for the 'it' plane of 1932 but seriously gents nothing gets close to the Hawker Fury as the stylish biplane of the 1930s, except maybe something else from the Hawker stable, like a Hart or a Hind.

http://www.aviation-history.com/hawker/fury-8a.jpg

But back on track, I've always found the Westland Whirlwind a sexy beast.

[Horatius]

I've been looking at your forum here for some weeks now and was finally drawn to post by this thread.

Glad to see people liking the Italian planes, but where is the love for the P-38 Lightning?

And what about the F6-F Hellcat?  Kind of weird looking, but it has its own charm!

[Hammers]

I've been looking at your forum here for some weeks now and was finally drawn to post by this thread.

Glad to see people liking the Italian planes, but where is the love for the P-38 Lightning?

And what about the F6-F Hellcat?  Kind of weird looking, but it has its own charm!

Saying you like American aircraft is a bit like saying you like dining at McDonalds.