Let's talk about our favorite warplanes

[4S_Nero]

Flavio abbiamo dimenticato il Reggiane 2005.

[PA-Sniv]

In no particular order:

 

- Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib (car door or bubble top);

- Avro Lancaster;

- Bristol Beaufighter (Coastal Command versions);

- Lockheed P-38 Lightning;

- Douglas A-20G.

 

Favorite Battle:

 

- No fav', but I like North Africa!

Edited August 6, 2013 by PA-Sniv

[Sven]

Favorite Planes:

 

1. BF109 (Ace-making fighter of the Luftwaffe)

2. Ju87 Stuka ( Howling sirens and fearful plane throughout the war, fantastic )

3. Me262 ( Jet fighter flown by the last aces of the Luftwaffe, high speed attacks on hundreds of flying fortresses)

4. Ju-88 ( 'Do it all' of the Luftwaffe, night fighter, fast bomber, recon, torpedo, dive bomber)

5. Macchi C.200 ( Shot down uncountable amounts of Wildcats and Spitfires in this Italian bird on the North-Africa maps on Warbirds of Prey server, the chat often displayed: "How can you possibly turn with me blue fighter???!!)

 

Favorite Battle:

 

Rommel's North-Africa campaign

Edited August 6, 2013 by Sven

[rolikiraly]

Bf-109F  - you know already (but it was getting old in battle of Stalingrad)

Me-262a1 - not the most beautiful lines, but terrific performance, armament and very interesting history

Macchi C.202 - simply beautiful, i have a model of it which is probably the least fucked up from that collection 

Yak-9 - not beautiful but i still like its look

Fiat G.55 - maybe, it was rare but had extremely smooth lines

 

Can't decide about battle, what comes to my mind is Winter War, MTO, battle between Hungarian air force and US bombers in '44, and BoB has to be there

[Betto]

1 - Savoia Marchetti SM79

2 - Macchi 202-205

3 - Reggiane RE2000

4 - Reggiane RE2001

 

Theatre: MTO / Sicily / N. Africa

[9./JG52Lopp]

1. F4U1C Corsair

2. BF109 F4

3. FW190 A5

4. Spitfire MkIXc

5. J2M5

 

  Operation Husky

[pancake]

1. Spitfire MK IX old narrow chord tail = Best looking of breed.

2. BF 109 G. Workhorse, looks like a shark.

3. Me 210/410. Lovely lines.

4 Mossie any version. Wooden wonder.

5. Short Stirling, only as its the only British heavy not in a museum currently

 

Channel Front. Rhubarbs, Circuses...

 

[FTC_Karaya]

Favourite aircraft:

 

1. Bf 109

2. Bf 110

3. P-38

4. J2M

5. P-40

 

Favourite theater(s):

 

Channel '42 (Circus raids & Dieppe landing), Med

[ITAF_Rani]

Bf109 F/ G

Fw 190 A5

P 51

Spitfire mk1

Mc 205 Veltro

 

Battle of Britain

[SR-F_Winger]

1. FW 190 all Variants (pretty happy with the A4 in BOS although a Dora would be awesome)

2. BF 109 F4 (but also all other common variants)

3. Fiat G.55

4. P38 Lightning

5. P51 D Mustang

 

 

Theatre: I think i will have fun in whatever scenario

[=LD=dhyran]

1. FW 190 D 9

LA 5

BF 109 F4

Spitfire VIII

F4U-1A

[III/JG53Frankyboy]

Ju88

Mosquito

P-38

P-39

A6M

 

my favorite scenario is also the MTO

[Talisman]

Spitfire/Seafire (any/all Mk)

Hawker Tempest Mk V

Yak3

F4U Corsair

Mosquito

 

BATTLE OF MIDWAY

 

ALL AIRCRAFT WHICH TOOK ACTIVE PART

US NAVY- CARRIER BASED

Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless Dive Bomber
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator Torpedo Bomber
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter

 

US NAVY - SHORE BASED ON MIDWAY

Consolidated PBY-5 and 5A Catalina Reconnaissance flying boat
Grumman TBF Avenger Torpedo bomber

 

US MARINE CORPS - SHORE BASED ON MIDWAY

Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless Dive Bomber
Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator Dive bomber
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat Fighter
Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo Fighter

 

US ARMY AIR CORPS - BASED ON MIDWAY

Martin B-26 Marauder Torpedo bomber
Boeing B-17 E Flying Fortress Heavy bomber

 

JAPANESE NAVY -CARRIER BASED

Aichi D3A-1 ‘Val’ Dive bomber
Nakajima B5N1 ‘Kate’ Torpedo bomber
Mitsubishi A6M2 ‘Zero’ Fighter
Yokosuka D4Y1-C ‘Judy’ High speed reconnaissance monoplane

 

JAPANESE NAVY- WARSHIP BASED

Kawanishi E7K1 ‘Dave’ Reconnaissance biplane
Mitsubishi F1M ‘Pete’ Reconnaissance biplane
Aichi E13A ‘Jake’ Reconnaissance monoplane

 

US NAVY - WARSHIP BASED

Curtiss SOC-3 ‘Seagull" Reconnaissance Biplane

 

JAPANESE NAVY - ON SEAPLANE TENDERS IN INVASION GROUP FLEET

Mitsubishi A6M2 -N ‘Rufe’ Seaplane fighter
Mitsubishi F1M ’Pete’ Seaplane scout

[I./JG53_BlackJaguar]

1) Bf-109 G-10

2) Bf-109 K-4

3) Bf-109 G-6/AS

4) Bf-109 G-2

5) Bf 109 G-14

 

What can I say I love my 109s :D It's the pretty much the plane I flew with in Il2 since the flight sim came out I did fly FW-190 once in a while...

 

my favorite air battle: Eastern Front

 

S!

 

PS: I hope in the future all my favorite planes in be in the game! I will happily pay for them in gold :D

Edited August 6, 2013 by I./JG53_BlackJaguar

[Requiem]

1. Hurricane (the plane that did the work in BoB, but got less glory  )

2. Spitfire (truly iconic aircraft of WWII)

3. Lancaster (Dambusters, to me the most amazing story of WWII)

4. Mosquito (bomber, recon, day/night fighter,it does it all)

5. F4-U (I love Carrier Ops)

 

Theater: Mediterranean, Malta in particular.

[madcat]

Not an easy question to answer

 

* Consolidated PBY Catalina

 

* de Havilland Mosquito

 

* Hawker Hurricane

 

* North American B-25 Mitchell

 

* Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik

 

All the theaters and campaigns of WWII interest me but if I had to pick one off the top of my head probably Operation Overlord, just the sheer scale of it and planing that went into it.

 

[I-WVoss]

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

 

 

Voss

[theOden]

1. P47 (sheer size and power very usuable for us mud movers)
2. P40 (amazingly well made allround fighter available in most theaters)
3. Fw-190 (perfect for multimission, avoid contact heading for target and after ground attack you're in a very nifty fighter, like the F-16C)
3. Bf110 (always fun to fly but I rarely get back to home plate)
5. FFVS J22 (not well known so I'll hand you a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFVS_22  - yet to be seen in a simgame)

 

Theater: North Africa and Finland

[6S.Manu]

1. P-51 (speed and long range)
2. Fw190A (fast and manoeuvrable, good inflight visibility and a powerful weaponry)
3. Spitfire (nice looking warbird, with the greatest engines)
4. P-47 (a turbo-compressor with a plane around)
5. Me109 (a little but powerful plane, IMO overrated because of the quality of his pilots)

Theatre: Late Western ETO (bombing raids, escorts ect)

[FZG_Merlin]

P-51D

BF-109F4/G2

FW-190D9

Yak-1B

P-39

[Tektolnes]

1. F4U

2. 109G

3. Spit IX

4. FW190-D9

5. P47-D

 

Theatre - western front

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

My selection is for flying them in a sim:

 

1 - Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc. Nice old kite, well armed and suitably sluggish for my flying

2 - IL2. Nothing beat a good round of mud-moving!

3 - Ju 88. In old IL21946 she was a dream to fly!

4 - Finnish Brewster. I once had it described as "an epileptic peanut", a fun plane to fly, and quite competitive in it's timeframe

5 - Beaufighter. Tough as nails, hard hitting and stable.

 

Favourite scenario: Early mid war (1941/42), or backwater scenarios from later in the war dominated by planes from the 41/42 period, like the battles in Africa or Far East

[gavagai]

P-47 (most kills of any American fighter in WW2)

Bf 109

Hurricane

Ju 88

P-51

 

MTO

Edited August 6, 2013 by gavagai

[Pupo]

1. BF109 

2. FW190 ( A series)

3. F4F - the only good looking american fighter in my eyes, and the only one who wasnt clearly superior  to the japanese fighters. Just love it.

4. I-16 Mosca -  hero of the spanish civil war, just beautiful to look at. i felt a bti sad its not on BOS for now :/

5. Spitfire  - looks good on the gunsight 

 

battles:

otugh choice, but for the planes Stalingrad, or anything before that for the planeset. For the most pitched battle i would go for midway. IT's one of the few battles where both armys were equiped with similar equipment and had equal odds to win. it al went down to who had the best tactics.

[J2_Trupobaw]

1. Hawker Hurricane  - the workhorse, the unsung hero of BoB,  the reliable one-what's not to like?
2. Mosquito
3. Ju 87
4 Il 2 M3 (more workhorses)
5. Bf-109 (the icon and the workhorse)

Yep, I have weak spot for planes that qualify as workhorse...

Can I simply take Battle of Britain? If not, the Italian campaign.

[LLv44_Mprhead]

1. P-51

2. Spitfire

3. P-47

4. 109

5. 190

 

MTO 43/44

[Lord_Haw-Haw]

Well to fly in a sim, it would be the

Ju88

Do 24 one of the few aircraft on axis & allied sides http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_24

He111 E

FW 200

and although destroyed during testing the

Me 264 that would have been Germanys answer to the B-29

 

As to a specific battle I would say the battle of Norway, never been done

in a sim, but it has a nice combination of naval, air and land forces.

[Bearcat]

Here's my top 5..

 

1- P-51

2 - P-40

3 - P- 47

4 - La-5

5 - P- 39

 

and my list of also rans..

 Spitfire

 Yak

 F-4U

 I-16

 J2M

 BF109

 

As far as theaters .. I prefer the WTO .... but actually thanks to IL2 any theater simulated can be boatloads of fun for me.. I have certainly developed a greater appreciation for the ETO since getting into IL2..

[76SQN-FatherTed]

For looks and nostalgia:

 

Spitfire Mk II

Hurricane Mk II

Lancaster

 

To "fly"

 

Hurricane IIc - bumbles genially about the sky, but woe betide any plane that gets in front of those 20mm

Bf109 F4 - if I have to fly blue.

 

Theatre:  Battle of Britain

[Dutch]

1. Supermarine Spitfire MkI and II. As soon as they put cannons on it, they interrupted the beautiful curve of the wing........

2. DeHavilland Mosquito B Mk IV. The original unarmed 'speed bomber'. Beautiful.

3. Hawker Hurricane MkIIa. The slightly longer nose from the Merlin XX makes it look far more capable, which it was, because of the merlin XX.

4. Avro Lancaster BI. Original and best.

5. Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a. Just awesome in every way.

 

Theatre: I'll give you three guesses. No I won't, Battle of Britain.

[Crow]

1. F6F Hellcat (Ruggedly American. Probably the aircraft that most defined its country of origin. It's like the muscle car of airplanes.)

2. P-40 Tomahawk (An all-around great flying and combat capable airplane. A jack of all trades and very pilot friendly.)

3. Bf-109 (A fighter that seems built specifically to win air-to-air engagements. Despite some strange modifications late war, it stands as a prime example of aerial weaponry.)

4. P-47 Thunderbolt (Raw power and brute force personified. Looks like a bathtub and handles like one, but flies high, flies fast, dives like hell, and has one hell of an armament.)

5. P-38 Lightning (Just something about the looks. Second kind of cool.)

 

Pacific Theater, in particular the island hopping campaign. A close second is the North African campaigns.

[sop]

1 P-38

2 Douglas SBD

3 P-40

4 Hawker Tempest

5 P-47

 

Pacific theatre  prob the one I have most intrest in.

Edited August 6, 2013 by sop

[BFsSmurfy]

P47

Macchi 205

Ju 188

Fw 189

Yak 9U

 

Theatre - Med

[ACG_Suardi]

Hard to pick just five but...

 

1 - Bf-109

2 - H-111

3 - FW-190

4 - Stuka

5 - Ju-52

Battle, I think that will be Stalingrad.

PS: In the next time, pls let us choose 10 airplanes... 

[smink1701]

Mustang D

Thunderbolt Late-model

Lightning

Corsair

Spitfire

 

Europe

[BMA_FlyingShark]

P 40

P 51

Hawker Tempest

Hawker Hurricane

Spitfire

 

For each plane, any version.

 

There are also many other planes that I like but as we could only choose 5...

 

[Corto]

1. FW 190 A
2. BF 109 E - F (the fuselage of the 109 F is the perfect shape of the BF109 series)
3. De Havilland D.H.98 Mosquito (very nice shape for a twin engine and constructed almost entirely of wood....(I am a carpenter....))
4. Spitfire (the early versions)
5. P38 Lightning (flown by Saint Ex.....my passion for airplanes began with the Books from Saint Ex in the book shelf of my father....)

Theatres: North Africa, Russia (almost forgotten untill the IL2 series...thx IL2 team and Oleg of cource)

[Mac_Messer]

Bf 109 G6 Erla Haube version most favorite of all, cuz I use it better than 90% other virtual pilots ;

FW190 D9 most beatiful;

Ki 61 Hien challenging and exotic ;

IAR 80 favorite crap plane ;

Mig 3 cuz it took about 15 seconds from headon to know who you`re facing - a misoriented Yak driver or GIAP member.

 

1944 Reichsvertedigung winter cuz I get to shoot american newbies.

 

[Mysticpuma]

Well where to start..but here goes:

 

P-47D or N bubbletop - Probably the most rugged fighter aircraft ever made. The variety of missions from ground pounding to high escort, along with it's sublime Boom and Zoom capabilities just make this my favourite ever aircraft.

 

P-47 - Razorback (see above)

 

 

P-51 - Similar to the above in it's devastating all round ability. Superb for long range escort missions, turn fighting, speed, looks.....pretty much the pinup aircraft of the USAAF.

 

P-38 - Again all round ability from ground pounding to dscorting bombers. Huge variety of loadouts (like the P-47 has), so a huge diversity of possible missions.

 

 

B-24 - One of the most important bombers of WW2. Carried a huge amount of ordnance, returned to base even after suffering some incredibly damaging attacks from ground and aerial assault and served in a huge amount of theatres of war. A perfect companion for the previous fighters I listed.

 

Finally the battle I'd choose is anything from the MTO followed closely by the PTO.

 

If I had to choose a mission it would be "Operation Titanic", to attack the oil fields deep in Eastern Germany and then land in Russia Poltava and Mirgarod).

 

If I had to choose just one of the above though it would be the P-47 Razorback, a totally amazing all round aircraft......or would I choose the Bubbletop?!

 

 

 

Cheers, MP

Edited August 6, 2013 by Mysticpuma

[SYN_Vander]

LOL, everyone's favourite topic! as it should be!

 

Favorite Planes (in random order):

 

1. Focke Wulf 190 A (great modern design)

2. P-51 D (for it's lovely looks and stellar performance)

3. P-40 B /Tomahawk (best looking P-40, think Desert Air force and Flying Tigers)

4. Spitfire V (it's a classic, nuf said)

5. F4F Wildcat (very Grumman, very US Navy, very tough)

 

Favorite Theater:

 

North Africa 1941-1943. Thinking as a mission designer, this theater offers a lot of diversity in types of missions: Air superiority, Ground attack, Bombing, Naval warfare, Special ops (SAS) and more. Lots of plane types: British, American, German, Italian and even French. And a lot of action (going back and forth) in one region so a lot of different historical scenarios to be researched and played out!

Edited August 6, 2013 by SYN_Vander