Of course everyone likes an underdog, I just wouldnt like to take on BF109's with one.

The old Royal Navy "Stringbag" was another outdated aeroplane, but she managed to do a lot of good work including the attack on the Italian Navy at Toranto as well as crippling the Bismark to enable the fleet to catch up and sink her.

True but not a fighter.

Originally Posted by MontyB

True but not a fighter.

Correct, the Stringbag wasnt a fighter, but simply another outdated aeroplane put to good use.

Sounds like another biplane the Fairy Swordfish, theoretically obsolete but stubbornly effective. (sorry just realised BritinAfrica has made the same comment!)

Messerschmitt Bf 109

best plane by best fighter ever Erich Hartmann.

Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993), also nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German World War II fighter pilot and is the highest scoring fighter ace in the history of Aerial warfare. He claimed 352 aerial victories (of which 345 were won against the Soviet Air Force, and 260 of which were fighters) in 1,404 combat missions. He engaged in aerial combat 825 times while serving with the Luftwaffe. During the course of his career, Hartmann was forced to crash land his damaged fighter 14 times. This was due to damage received from parts of enemy aircraft he had just shot down, or mechanical failure. Hartmann claimed never to have been shot down or forced to land due to fire from enemy aircraft.[1]

wikipedia is the source, and its right in this case.

P-47.
It was an effective fighter, but also protected the pilot so well that even if he couldn't down his opponent he could live to fight another day. Many opposing pilots found this out when they ran out of ammo and the P-47 downed them afterward.

Great responses guys. Please excuse a bit of fun, can't resist. My choice :- Joe Louis.

Sorry

The P-38 was an excellent plane, the most requested by pilots. It had its armament focused in the nose, so it sawed through the Zeros.

Originally Posted by DEisenhower

The P-38 was an excellent plane, the most requested by pilots. It had its armament focused in the nose, so it sawed through the Zeros.

...But it was far less effective against German Fighters, especially the FW-190. The lightning was a high-altitude fighter. The German fighter weakness was at altitudes above 10000m, and their pilots knew this quite well. Which is why the never engaged combat at high-altitude. At Low altitude the P-38 was slow and maneuvered like a Bus.

The plane the Germans really feared was the P-47.

i really like the Stuka and it's usage and ofcourse it's siren