Top Ten Best WW2 Planes

It rains hell on the british

I hate to rain on the Spitfire parade here, but from Dunkirk in May 1940 through the Battle of Britain and to the end of 1942, the Bf 109 maintained an pretty constant and overall kill ratio over Spitfires and Hurricanes of 8:1. Eight to one, folks. The RAF grossly overestimated the number of Bf 109s shot down by a factor of three - which is probably more a testament to the toughness of the 109 than to any dishonesty on the part of RAF pilots. At no time during that period did the Germans have more than 150 serviceable 109s to fly against over 900 RAF fighters, so not only were the 109s grossly outnumbered, they still shot down 8 RAF fighters for every 109 lost in combat. The Germans lost far more 109s to landing accidents than they did to Spitfires and Hurricanes. I love the Hurricane and the Spitfire is pretty, but the 109 was the far better dogfighter for a number of reasons:

1. fuel injection allowed it to bunt over and escape, a maneuver the RAF fighters could not ...more

Long range Support Fighter

By far the best allied single engine fighter of WW2

The Saviour of England

Nicknamed "The Jug" This thing is one of a kind

It shot down a plane once...

Great Ground Attack Fighter

This thing DESTORYED Germany with the Avro Lancaster. Plus, a lot would be shot done, but the others that survived had bullet holes every where, and with two engines. This bomber was epic.

Great Long range Bomber

A good long range bomber

Thank God this entered the war too late and in too small a number it could out run diving P 51 mustangs.