Any WW2 Fighter Aircraft Fans here?
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thsi 2 is my most faveOriginally posted by Lim Wei Ming:2 P-51 & a P-38 in formation.
another 1 is jap rear ward engine fighter plane...forget the name [saw that in arcade 19XX and Striker 1945 II] 
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Oh yea the FW-190!how can i forget those yellow nosed planes!
And typo...shld be BF-109 not ME sorry ehhe
The P-40 is good too and the radically new Donier plane...cant remember the model number let me go check...Ahh yes the Do 335!!
Anyway if i'm not wrong some Ju87G's had AT guns fited into the wheel housing...2 30mm's if i recall.......could bloody take out T-34's -
Hahah well there was a P-51 fitted with 2 cannons on the wing tips...they fired the same ammo as the A-10!Originally posted by CenturionMBT:The most revamped mustung in history
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That rear propeller plane was called Kyushu J7W Shinden. Here are some of its pictures...Originally posted by duotiga83:this 2 is my most favourite another 1 is Japanese rear ward engine fighter plane... forget the name [saw that in arcade 19XX and Striker 1945 II] 
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This plane is called the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. It was destined to be the last piston-engined fighter ordered by the USAAF. Design was begun in January 1944. The aircraft consits of two P-51H Mustang fuselage joined together by a constant chord wing centre section and a rectangular tailplane. The pilot was housed in the port fuselage. The second pilot/navigator is in the starboard section.Originally posted by CenturionMBT:The most revamped mustung in history -
i remember there was a disaster of a Luffwaffe plane.. the one with a prop in the front and one in the back...
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Dornier Do335 Pfeil (Arrow). not a disaster, just another of Germany's "Too Little Too Late" designs in late 1944/45Originally posted by the Bear:i remember there was a disaster of a Luffwaffe plane.. the one with a prop in the front and one in the back...
forgot what it was called..
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i remember reading somewhere that the 335 was unstable as all heck...
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It was called the Dornier Do 335. It had 2 propellers, one at the front, and one at the rear. The problem about it was that it entered production a little too late to see any effect of the war.Originally posted by the Bear:i remember there was a disaster of a Luffwaffe plane.. the one with a prop in the front and one in the back...
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Here are more pictures to drool over...
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
North American P-51 Mustang.
Grumman/General Dynamics FM-2 Wildcat.
Messerschmitt BF-109 Emil.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
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Yup, the Do 335 was extremely unpopular to German pilots because of its high stall speed, meaning that landing speeds are higher due the design of the plane. I have also heard that there were several landing accidents on the Do 335.Originally posted by the Bear:i remember reading somewhere that the 335 was unstable as all heck...
maybe i was wrong..
It had a top speed of 474mph at 21.000 feet
She had one 30MM MK 103 cannon mouted through the spinner and two 15MM MG 151/15 machine guns mounted above her front engine. -
what about this silly plane? the Defiant?
no forward arms, just a silly turret
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The plane above is probably a British Dive / torpedo bomber. "Most" of the dive bombers in WW2 do not have forward facing guns themselves, making them a very easy prey... That is when the rear gunner gets his job. When those planes are flying in formation with hundreds of others, It can really pack a punch.
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one of the few planes in WW2 that had ejection seatsOriginally posted by Lim Wei Ming:It was called the Dornier Do 335. It had 2 propellers, one at the front, and one at the rear. The problem about it was that it entered production a little too late to see any effect of the war. -
its a fighter interceptor, the turrent was its weakness and its performance suffered. it was initially successful but the germans quickly found its weakness and it was withdrawn soon.Originally posted by Lim Wei Ming:The plane above is probably a British Dive / torpedo bomber. "Most" of the dive bombers in WW2 do not have forward facing guns themselves, making them a very easy prey... That is when the rear gunner gets his job. When those planes are flying in formation with hundreds of others, It can really pack a punch. -
I thought It was reassigned as a dive bombing role? Maybe I've been reading it wrongly...Originally posted by cavsg:its a fighter interceptor, the turrent was its weakness and its performance suffered. it was initially successful but the germans quickly found its weakness and it was withdrawn soon. -
Grumman F8F "Bearcat"
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one of the few planes in WW2 that had ejection seats
wah... the germans were truly advanced...
er... does anyone have pics of the Meteor? heard that there were jap Zeros in Singapore during WW2... is that true? -
Well, it was withdrawn from daylight operations and for a time it became a night fighter during Battle of Britain. Unfortunately, for the remainder of its service life, it was used as a target transporting planeOriginally posted by Lim Wei Ming:I thought It was reassigned as a dive bombing role? Maybe I've been reading it wrongly... -
meteor
ME 262
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Originally posted by espanol_man:
Here's one site of the Meteor...
[b]one of the few planes in WW2 that had ejection seats
wah... the germans were truly advanced...
er... does anyone have pics of the Meteor? heard that there were jap Zeros in Singapore during WW2... is that true?[/b]
http://www.vflintham.demon.co.uk/aircraft/meteor/meteor.htm
Here's one fact I just found out...The Zeros never took part in dogfights over Singapore - that was done by the Japanese Army Air Force's Nakajima Ki.27.
A Nakajima Ki.27 -
Originally posted by espanol_man:
It was the 1st plane to have an ejection sit.The other i believe was the Me262.However they were compressed air ejection sits not the modern day rocketpowered ones.
[b]one of the few planes in WW2 that had ejection seats
wah... the germans were truly advanced...
er... does anyone have pics of the Meteor? heard that there were jap Zeros in Singapore during WW2... is that true?[/b]
If you want advance take alook at the German Horten series...http://www.luft46.com/horten/horten.html
Doesnt that remind you of something?
The germans also were the 1st to use with guided missiles.But like someone here already said....it was like most of their really advance and war winning weapons....alittle too late.Too bad though. -
The "Horten" link shown on the prevoius post is actually a rocket-powered Me 163 "Komet". The design is extremely familiar... It is also seen in Strikers 1942 too....
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No it is not the Komet.It is like said a design proposal for the new peoples fighter with was suppose to be a quick to build fighter The komet was meant as a bomber interceptor that could be used anywhere anytime i believe.....cant rememberOriginally posted by Lim Wei Ming:The "Horten" link shown on the prevoius post is actually a rocket-powered Me 163 "Komet". The design is extremely familiar... It is also seen in Strikers 1942 too.... But if i'm not wrong only 2 were used in actual combat?
Anyway i was more interested in letting u people see the Bomber versions.....the XVIII...
Anyway i think the design for the Ho X was rejected.There they did build a model of it though which was used for wind turrnel tests.Saw and old black and white once. -
Yes its true, records have shown that there were at least 4 Imperial Japanese Navy Kokutais (Flight Regiments) with various models of Zeros based in Singapore at different times of the war. One of those was a carrier-based Kokutai based at Seletar for crew training in 1943-44 and was decimated in the Battle of Philippine Sea in June 1944 (better known as the Marianas Turkey Shoot)Originally posted by espanol_man:heard that there were jap Zeros in Singapore during WW2... is that true?Originally posted by superspitfire:
Actually superspitfire, thats slightly inaccurate. During the invasion of Malaya and Singapore the 22nd Naval Air Flotilla of the IJN has a small fighter unit attached to it (along with the bomber Kokutais that sank the Prince of Wales and Repulse) which consisted of land-based Navy Zeros. (tailhook removed). They did take part in limited missions escorting bombers and performing fighter sweeps over Singapore.
Here's one fact I just found out...The Zeros never took part in dogfights over Singapore - that was done by the Japanese Army Air Force's Nakajima Ki.27.
You're right, however when you said that most of the air-to-air work over Singapore was done by the Nakajima Ki-27 'Nate'. Two Imperial Japanese Army Sentai (Fighter Regiments) were equiped with the 'Nate' during the invasion, along with 1 more Sentai equiped with the new (at that time) Ki-43 Hayabusa (Allied code-name 'Oscar')