i really like the me 163 komet. small and lethal.
Has to be the Spitfire.
I’m always a bit sceptical about the Spitfire until I see one in flight.
They are truly beautiful.
In terms of the Me163, small, without doubt, but lethal to who, the enemy or the pilot!!!
Karl
Hmmm… already answered, but how about this for a weird one…
XP-67 Moonbat! Now THAT is an airplane. 6x 37mm cannon? [bow]
Kinda like the YF-23 of its day!
me 163 both pilot and an unlucky bomber
For elegance and sleek looking lines,it’s a hard call between the Spitfire or FW 190.For a powerful predator look you’ve got to loye the sharklike lines of ME109,and don’t overlook ,my personel favorite,the Hawker Tempest MK .V. Yours,and still new guy to the site , oatswilly
There are lots of beautiful fighters to come out of WWII, but for me the Spitfire as art far outdistances the rest.
Comments on some of the others:
P-51 - looks like a pregnant guppy in profile
P-38 - skinny legs
ME109 - dude with a (nice) big nose
Corsair - a beast !- kindof reminds me of a sea-lion - you know with those big front flippers
Zero - honorable mention
FW190 - honorable mention - those bow legs - either love’m or hate’m
Jose
American: P-47
German: Me109
Japanese: Zero
British: Hurricane (best looking over all)
For me it’s the Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1[8D]
i think the me 262 is the cleanest plane of ww2
Spitfire, ME 109, Hurricane, Mosquito, Beaufighter, Mustang, FW 190
The B model Mustang with a malcolm hood canopy, the P-38 and then the Corsair. In that order.
I think by far the neatest looking fighter from WW2 would have to be the Do335. Even though it never made into front line service it would have done a lot of damage if it would have.
The Best looking fighter, hmmm…
How about a vote for the Yak 3? I really admire the smooth lines, the little air intakes, prop spinner, canopy, etc, it has a very nice profile to it don’t you think? Anyway, I liked it enough to snap up three eduard profi-pak kits of the the little fighter.
How about by country?
US WW2: F4U-4 Corsair
US Modern: F-4 Phantom
RAF WW2: Spitfire XVI (bubble canopy and Griffon engine)
RAF Modern: Jaguar Sepecat
Luftwaffe: Me-262
Luftwaffe postwar: F-104 in splinter camo
Regia Aeronautica: Mc.202
IJN: Ki-84
IJA: Ki-61
USSR WW2: Mig-3, Yak-9
USSR postwar: Su-27
I’ m have two favorites in this discussion, the Corsair looks graceful yet very menacing, with that huge prop and those cool gull wings. I also like the P61 black widow, to me its like a P 38 on steroids.
Doesn’t come imediately to one’s mind as W.W.2 fighters, but the 2 Lockheed YP-80A sent to the MTO are WW2 fighters and, to me, the best looking ones tup].
Ever seen the picture of them flying formation over Mt. Vesuvius with the camera plane?
Korea, the F-86 Sabre. I’ve always loved those armed with th 20mm cannons sent under Project Gunval. Had a faster rate of fire than the 50 cal. and denied the MiG-15’s armament advantage.
The Soviet Lavochkin La-15 is a close second.
Vietnam: will be the F-4E. I’ve always loved the cannon-armed, long-nose Phantoms.
Gulf War: the F-15: beauty, elegance, manouverability, and…lethal!
Modern, the F-22. Beautiful, and simply ahead of anything else in the combat arena [;)]
Spitfire, Spitfire and Spitfire!! All version of Spitfire!! Except those with the early dust filter under the engine[xx(]; it really looks like the ugly chin of Jay Leno or Brian Mulroney(i.e. ugly, clumsy, stupid, bad taste, gross, disgusting, etc) However, any Spit without the damn filter looks excellent. I particular like the Mk1 which without cannon; so streamline and elegant.
Just remember, boys and girls, ugly and bad designed planes are just like bad night talk show host or bad prime minister(or president)[xx(] they are stupid, ugly, clumsy, bad taste, disgusting, stinky, dishonour, arrogant, incompetent, santanic, evil, annoying, close minded, greedy, selfish, etc, etc,etc[:(!][:(!][:(!]
spitfire mk.I by a mile…
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