ironsofcanada
7:27 Wed Mar 30
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Honourable mention to "The Wooden Wonder" Mosquito, could pretty much do everything pretty well and a lot faster than it looked.
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Tomshardware
7:15 Wed Mar 30
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I do like some of the yank bombers, seen a B-17 flying and it's lovely looking plane.
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ironsofcanada
7:12 Wed Mar 30
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Tomshardware 7:08 Wed Mar 30
I was going say. The Germans probably had the better fighters until the engine developments later on. The British and American elements coming together in the Mustang being the best example.
I have an unreasonably special place for the Hurricane because I looked after one at the museum I worked at for a couple summers.
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Far Cough
7:09 Wed Mar 30
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P51 was shit with it's original Allison engine but it became a beast when paired with the RR Merlin
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Tomshardware
7:08 Wed Mar 30
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Hitler didn't rate the Me 262 and halted it's earlier usage from what I've read, maybe that could have changed the outcome of the Battle of Britain. We had a jet in the Meteor but you never really hear much about it.
I think the later P51 Mustang was considered the all round best fighter of ww2, had the lot. But still lacking the beauty of a the iconic Spitfire.
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Far Cough
7:02 Wed Mar 30
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I dunno, the BF 109 was at least equal in many ways to the Spitfire and when the FW 190 first came out it was light years ahead of anything we had until we upgraded the very upgradeable Spitfire, where the Luftwaffe did fall down was on their bombers, no heavies at all
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ludo21
6:59 Wed Mar 30
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Only just thought about it but funny that our planes were so much better than the German ones but their tanks were light years ahead of ours.
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ironsofcanada
5:49 Wed Mar 30
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Our side
Lancaster
Not the sexiest but my great uncle died in one and I got to visit the Bazalgette Memorial Lancaster most every time we drove the six hours to my grandma's.
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yngwies Cat
5:43 Wed Mar 30
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Short Sunderland aka Zee Flying Porcupine.
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riosleftsock
5:26 Wed Mar 30
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For us?
Obviously hurricane, spitfire, wellington etc.
My favourites are probably the swordfish and the beaufighter.
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Far Cough
5:22 Wed Mar 30
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Mosquito for us is a great shout, could do everything from PR to bombing, pathfinding or interdiction
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tricky trev
3:48 Wed Mar 30
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Take a trip to the RAF museum at Hendon they have a great collection there. http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
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Big Dave
3:29 Wed Mar 30
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Probably the JU87.
Have always been interested in WWII aircraft - I blame it on my Dad building Airfix kits when I was a kid. Was gutted when he told me the flying wing from Raiders of the Lost Ark wasn't real.
The Germans tended to have more interesting aircraft - I guess due to their having more varied needs than us (expansionist plans versus bludgeoning Germany into submission). They had ambitious projects - bombing the US, the 3 x 1000 plans etc. We were focused on containing them.
On the Allied side I have always loved the Mosquito.
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yngwies Cat
3:20 Wed Mar 30
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The Stuka had sirens under the wings, known as Jericho's Trumpets.
Liked the Ju 88, Foker Wolfe 190, Foker Wolfe 200 Condor and the Junkers 52
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Chigwell
3:04 Wed Mar 30
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BF109F-4 - looked like a Hurricane.
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cornish
2:53 Wed Mar 30
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The Stuka.like the noise it makes when diving.
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Stranded
2:07 Wed Mar 30
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Moncurs. They had these in Star Wars?
http://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sd.kfz_222_side.jpg
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mike hunt
2:05 Wed Mar 30
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quite like a stuka as well , bigger than you think
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Northern Sold
2:04 Wed Mar 30
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Collecting German ww2 stuff isn't that weird unless it's exclusively nazi orientated I'd say.
I know someone who has a German wallet made out of supposedly Jewish skin... may be a porky but thinking about the bloke it would not surprise me in the least
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mike hunt
2:04 Wed Mar 30
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fw190
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Moncurs Putting Iron
1:58 Wed Mar 30
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cholo,
I know who you mean but he's named after a Star wars imperial Stormtrooper!
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