Was just curious, seeing as there was such a wide and vast array of fighters during the war, i was wondering what your favourite fighters were [Including dive bombers, night bombers and interceptors]? And if you decide to put one down, could you PLEASE give a sentence or two on why you like it? Just so i dont have to search the web for a while

Personally, i think the Luftwaffe had the most tip-top aircraft, followed by the Brittish.

Well, heres my list of favourite aircraft:

1. Messerschmit Bf110 [A exceptional night-figher plane. It lacked a bit of agility, though. Most of the German night-fighter aces flew the Bf 110 at some point during their combat careers.]

2.Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' [Maybe the best dive bomber, and the siren makes me crap myself]

3.Supermarine Spitfire [A classic, through and through. it ALWAYS gave German fighters a run for their money]

I think I would go for:
1) Me262 - because of its shear technical leap in aircraft design, construction and ability and it looked phenomenal.

2) Would be a dead heat between 4 aircraft.
a) Supermarine Spitfire, an excellent aircraft.
b) P51-D, Awesome performance and an excellent indication of what can be made when the best of two countries are combined.
c) FW-190, very functional and just a mean looking aircraft.
d) The de Havilland Mosquito, awesome performance and an excellent all round aircraft especially given that it was made from wood.

It is hard to leave out other aircraft such as the Hurricane, P-38, P-47, Me-109, Lancaster or B-17 as they were all excellent aircraft but those 5 would have been my favourite aircraft of WW2.

If we're limiting to fighters, I'd have to say:

P-38
P-51
P-61
P-63
Spitfire
Hurricane
Fw-187

I know the 63 and 187 weren't used much, but I just love how they look.

That's a Kingcobra.

P-51D

The best looking piston engined fighter ever made.

The Mosquito was one the great planes of WW2, it was not only an excellent fighter, but was great medium fast bomber, and as photo resonance it had few equals at the time.

The Mustang. Was another great plane a huge range, fast and with great hitting power, a real war winner.

The Spitfire was great plane, fast and very manoeuvrable, it's greatest draw back was it's lack of a very long range. There again it had been designed to defend Britain and not to roam all over Europe.

The American Corsair.....Great fighter with a good punch to it and one of the fastest prop planes of WW2.

German planes then I would give this to the FW 190 which was rugged plane with an excellent performance. The ME 109 although a good planes had many problems and one of those was restricted vision for the pilot which cost many a German his life.
The 110, well during the BOB with RAF loved it as it was such an easy plane to shoot down.

The Zero....An excellent fighter with a huge range, the main problem was that it could not take much punishment as it had no armour plate or self sealing fuel tanks and after a couple of hits they were in trouble

The Spitfire Mk IX was in my opinion the most beautiful fighter ever built. The sight and the sound of her Merlin engine still makes the hair on my arms stand up.

Originally Posted by LeEnfield

The 110, well during the BOB with RAF loved it as it was such an easy plane to shoot down.

Thats why it was converted to a Night-time fighter/bomber. It served well in THAT role, no denying that.

The Mosquito

The P-47 (I happen to think this was superior to the P-51D. Faster at low altitude, stronger Armament, could take a hell of a beating). Best Fighter of WWII in my opinion.

P-61 Black Widow (A very wicked looking Night-Fighter)

The HS-129 with the 75mm Tank Buster (sort of an early A-10 Thunderbolt II)

The FW-190D

Strictly Fighters: Me 262, P 51, FW 190, in that order.

Rattler

Originally Posted by mmarsh

P-63 Black Widow (A very wicked looking Night-Fighter)

I think it was too expensive. 200 thousand dollars [Give or take a few thousand] for each aircraft seems a bit too much, dont you think?