Let's talk about our favorite warplanes

[Jason_Williams]

Ok let's have a fun thread where we list some of our favorite warbirds and battles. We all love planes and history so let's have some fun instead of arguing.

 

1. List your top 5 WWII planes. You can choose only 5. Feel free to say why they are your favorite.This is not a list of the best planes, just your favorites.

 

2. List your all-time favorite WWII theater of battle or if that is too broad then name your favorite battle. You can only choose one.

 

Favorite Planes:

 

1. TBD-1 Devastator (unsung hero of Midway, but a plane that had some very cool unique features)

2. P-61 Black widow (Technological marvel)

3. P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk (underrated warrior)

4. P-39 Airacobra (unpopular, but so cool looking)

5. P-47 Thunderbolt (tough as nails and could do it all)

 

Favorite Battle:

 

Battle of Midway (epic carrier on carrier violence that turned the tide for America in the Pacific)

 

Jason 

[FuriousMeow]

1) F4F Wildcat

2) I-16 Ishak/Mosca/Rata

3) P38 Lightning

4) I agree with the P-39

5) Mosquito

 

I really liked the old Battle of Britain movie, so that's going to be my favorite dramatization of a battle.

[JaMz]

1. Bf109 (some variants sucked but just for the airframe in general and how successful it was, work of art)

2. Spit Mk5 (completely turned this fighter once it got its new power plant and hispanos, very good match against the 109F)

3. P51 (always loved this plans for its looks and it's 50's were awesome, beautiful plane)

4. B17 (Made a massive difference to the war effort over here, so iconic)

5. Me262 (just for its sure brilliance and a technological marvel and looked bad ass, can't even imagine seeing that for the first time in the skies above Europe

 

Favourite Battle:

 

I have a few but il sit on the fence with the classic BoB, strange circle of events, introduced heroes on all sides and helped turn the tide of the war

[JtD]

Five is really limiting, there's lots of aircraft I like, and which one are in the top 5 changes pretty much on an hourly basis. I think I'll be going with 1 single engined fighter aircraft for the five biggest ac manufacturering nations, include twins and none fighter aircraft, and I could not decide within a day.

 

1. Ki-61 I

2. Typhoon Ib

3. La-5FN

4. Fw 190A-5

5. P-51D

 

Favourite Battle:

 

Invasion of Sicily

[csThor]

I don't have that many favourites. In no particular order:

 

1.) Fw 190

2.) Hs 129

3.) Ju 87

 

As for the battle I'm most interested in the answer is clear: Operation Citadel. It's quite remarkable that - with sufficient modern and objective literature - one can peal away the layers of post-war embroideries and urban myths about it and realize that it can't be seen on its own but in conjunction with other developments (i.e. Husky, soviet offensive preparations at the Mius and south of Kharkov etc).

[leitmotiv]

1. Yak-1B

2. Ki-43

3. P-47

4. Bf-109

5, F4U

 

North Africa

[Jason_Williams]

Cool guys keep em coming.

 

Jason

[Heywooood]

I-16 Moska

Yak-3

F4F-3 Wildcat

F4u Corsair

Fw190-D9

DeHavilland Mosquito

 

Bf110

Pe2

TBM Avenger

Lysander

B17 Fortress

Bv138 Sub tender Das Boot

Mig-3

Bf109-G6

 

Enterprise

Yorktown

Coral Sea

Saratoga

Midway

Guadalcanal

Sea of Japan

 

 

Please do the Pacific - I don't care if its 5 years from now....

[Foobar]

• Bf 110
• Ju 52
• Hs 123
• FW 189
• Hs 129

These where 5 of the first scale models I've build when I was young. I've always liked them.

 

Theatre: North Africa

[DB605]

1. Bf 109

2. Fw 190 d

3. Ju 88

4. Hawker tempest

5. Spitfire xiv

 

Continuation war, summer '44.

[Voidhunger]

1. ME 163B (absolutely amazing plane, i need it in BOS please

2. TA 152H

3. FW 190D

4. ME 109

5. HE 162

[SYN_Ricky]

1. De Havilland Mosquito

2. Bf 109

3. Spitfire

4. Ju-88

5. Macchi Mc.202

 

Theatre: Eastern front, with Kursk and Kuban as favourite battles.

[Uufflakke]

P-38

P-40

P-47

I-16

Bf-109

 

Battle of Stalingrad.

[MineFewer]

1) P-38 Lightning (Yamamto's executioner - 1st assasination by air - right under the nose of the vaunted IJN Zero)

2) Ju 88 (Gerry's a bad hombre but he makes good airplane gentlemen - Lt. Clark Gable)

3) F4F Wildcat (hero of the pacific 1942)

4) Bf 109F2 & F4 (most elegant)

5) B-25 Mitchell (would be my choice to fly in harm's way if a P-38 wasn't available)

 

N. Africa

[Skoshi_Tiger]

P-40 - Is there any theatre it didn't serve in at one time or another?

Mosquito

Fairey Swordfish

Hurricane

PBY Catalina

 

I'm happy with any theatres made for us. For me it's all about history. I'ld like to visit places that I haven't been to yet.  Maybe a detailed North Africa/ Mediteranian?

[jocko417]

Hurricane

Spitfire

F4U

FW 190

Typhoon

 

Malta!

[Revvin]

1. Lancaster

2. Spitfire

3. Mosquito

4. Hurricane

5. F4U

 

Theatre: Battle of Britain

[71st_AH_Hooves]

P-40

F4-U

B-17

P-51

P-63

 

 

Europe daylight bombing campaign over Germany.

Then the Pacific from Midway on.

[Grommit_13]

1. Spitfire MkIX or any.

 

2. Hawker Tempest

 

3. FW190

 

4. BF109 any

 

5. Me262

 

Any scenario that requires a short hop across a channel.

Be it in Europe or the Mediterranean.

[bolox]

Mosquito - the best multi role combat aircraft ever

Ju88 - the second best multi role combat aircraft

Westland Whirlwind

Martin-Baker MB 5 - probably the ultimate piston engined fighter (Bearcat a close second)

Lancaster

 

North Africa -for the application of air power as an integral part of the land battle. Tedder's impact on doctrine is still relevant today (imho)

[coldViPer]

1. BF-109

2. Ju-88

3. FW-190

4. LA-5

5. Brewster F2A

 

Continuation war !

Edited August 6, 2013 by coldViPer

[OBT-Psycho]

all from my "experience" in Il-2, here goes my list : 

 

- Fw-190A6  cockpit just feels like home to me

- Hawker Tempest   a real beast

- Il-2 sturmovick  a real bombtruck

- F4U-1D  every single time I climb in, I hear the Baa Baa soundtrack

- P-40E  the easiest plane to fly

[LLv34_Untamo]

S!

 

Favourite planes:

1) Bf-109 (G2/G6/G6 Late), my favourite tool of destruction

2) Bf-110, especially the G-4 "Schräge Musik" version

3) Ju-87 Stuka, for precision attacks

4) A6M Zero, for fun furballing

5) Brewster F2A Buffalo (finnish version), must have for the theater below

 

Favourite theater:

Continuation war / Karelian Isthmus 1941 - 1944 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War)

[DD_bongodriver]

Wow....just 5, tough call, I'm just going to go on the ones I think are as pretty as they are deadly, I just love WWII pistons, my list would be much shorter if it was planes I didn't like (3 of them in Jason's list  )

 

1. Spitfire (all marks)

2. Bf109 (I really like the ones with the dome spinner)

3. P-40

4. Yak-9 (not sure why....I just like her)

5. Zero (am I the only one?) Haha....clearly not alone

 

Battle of Britain

Edited August 6, 2013 by DD_bongodriver

[RedGuard]

Interesting thread

 

1. Bf 104 F4 -- elegant, without the bumps that grew off later on.

2. Hawker Hurricane -- a true working horse.

3. Hawker Typhoon -- brutal.

4. He 219 -- high perf twin

5. Lancaster -- it brought so many back home safe.

 

Fav theatre: Western Europe '43~'45

[I/JG27_Rollo]

1. Bf 109 (naturally)

2. Spitfire - up to Mk.IX (just looks beautiful)

3. Me 262 (speed + firepower = awesome)

4. P-38 (again the looks)

5. P-51 (ah what the heck)

 

Favorite theatre: North Africa 41/42

[trumps]

Fighters

H-75

P40b-c

I-16

FW190D9

CAC Boomerang

 

Bombers

A-20 solidnose

Do17

Pe2

Baltimore

Il-2

 

favourite battle North Africa during 41-42

[=BKHZ=Furbs]

109F4 (my all time fav, hence why im so excited about BOS)

109E4

Spitfire Mk1

P40

p39

 

North Africa 1940-41 and the Battle of Britain (cant pick between them sorry)

Edited August 6, 2013 by Furbs

[LuftManu]

1: Il-2/Il-10: Rough,Lethal,Lots of Ammo,Diferent Types of Tasks... No more words to say 

2: Bf 109 Any Variant, Elegant and Lethal

3: Hawker Hurricane Rough and the Variant of 2 canons Cand be Deadly.

4: Bf 110 A True Working Horse, also Whit Gunpods like the Bk can be a Tank Hunter

5: P-47D I really love this aircraft, and the Strafing Runs.

 

Favourite Battle: Continuation War '44 and North Africa.

Edited August 6, 2013 by .-RDS-.Manu_vc

[Panzerlang]

Me109 G6

FW190A

FW190D

Me262

Me110

 

Battle over the Reich, 1943~1944.

Edited August 6, 2013 by JG3-Siggi

[vyyye]

1. Bf109.

2. Zero.

3. Spitfire

4. Stuka, it's so shit yet so good.

5. Mosquito

 

Not sure about battles, Midway is definitely up there.

[ram0506]

Bf 109 all versions

Bf 110 especially G4

He219

Spitfire all versions

FW190 especially D9

 

Central europe night bombing.

[4S_Nero]

1) FIAT G55 Centauro

2) Macchi 202/205

 

1) FW 190 (Kurt Tank was a genius. The father of modern aviaton he was years forward.)

2) FW 187

3) Bf 109 (not Emil)

4) P51 Allison engined version

 

MTO, North Africa, Malta, Sicily, Battle of Italy until Cassino and Ortona (Gustav Line)

 

Von Meistein, Von Senger und Etterlin, Hasso Von Manteuffel my favorite Generals.

 

[pilotpierre]

I like a challenge

 

P40

P39

I-16

Boomerang

Hellcat

 

Italian campaign

[Alienax]

Id have to say....

 

LA-5

FW190

P-47

BF109 any

Spitfire MK1 up

 

AO: North Africa, Europe 43-45

 

[Sethos]

Being very non-specific as I'm not well-versed in the various versions of WW2 aircrafts.

 

1) 109 - Beautiful plane, extremely iconic for WW2 and almost any game where it's available it has been a pleasure to fly. 

2) Spitfire ( Later versions ) - Another iconic plane, also extremely beautiful and sounds great. 

3) P-38 Lightning - Always loved the look of the plane.

4) B-17 - Again, iconic and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 

5) FW 190 - Excellent plane, pleasure to fly in most sims. 

 

Favourite Battle:

 

Hmmm, I don't have a favourite specific battle but my favourite TO is definitely the western front, battle in and around mainland Europe. From Normandy to Arnhem - I love, love that stuff. 

[ST_ami7b5]

1. P39 (Soviet lend-lease)

2. I-16

3. Bf-109 E

4. Ju-88

5. Bf-110

 

Eastern front

 

Edit: my other 8 favorite planes already pre-ordered.

Edited August 6, 2013 by Rinzai

[MelbourneFL]

1. Bf109 F4 (best variant ever...very happy that it will be in BOS)

2. F4U Corsair

3. P38 Lightning

4. A6M Zero

5. P40

 

Pacific Theater...no particular battle

 

Alexander

[ATAG_Slipstream]

Really difficult to pick just 5!

Bf 109

He111

Do17

Spit (earlier ones mainly BoB period)

Macchi C.202

 

Theatres, Battle of Britain and the Med

[150GCT_Veltro]

1. Macchi 202/205 "Folgore/Veltro" (the mediterranean warriors)

2. Fiat G.55 "Centauro" (the italian stallion)

3. Spitfire Mk.Vc (THE enemy N.1)

4. BF-109G-10 Erla (the best Messerschmitth in WW2)

5. Spitfire Mk.VIII (THE enemy N.2)

 

Scenary: MTO, Malta

Edited August 6, 2013 by 150GCT_Veltro