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Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:21 pm
by dragon53

Re: Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:40 am
by ketelone
No article about fighters. What are they?

Re: Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:33 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Gotta stop clicking on those dynamic pages, man. The content changes throughout the day and all you're doing is making them money hitting that click bait.

Re: Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:35 pm
by dragon53

Re: Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:44 pm
by Axis Nightmare
I only agree with a handful of the picks.
Apparently versatility wasn't a consideration factor.
Agree on the F-15. But how can you not include the P-51 or the Spitfire?
Was the Hellcat that made the list really better than the Corsair? :?

Re: Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:22 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Axis Nightmare wrote: Was the Hellcat that made the list really better than the Corsair? :?
Maybe because it shot down more enemy aircraft than any other Allied naval fighter of WWII?

Re: Five Best and Worst fighters

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 5:32 pm
by Axis Nightmare
[CAT]CplSlade wrote:
Axis Nightmare wrote: Was the Hellcat that made the list really better than the Corsair? :?
Maybe because it shot down more enemy aircraft than any other Allied naval fighter of WWII?
That certainly would qualitfy! Land based Corsairs didn't see a lot of enemy aircraft during most of 1944. By the time they got on carriers, the Hellcat had indeed racked up an impressive total.

5,271 total is the number I saw. More than twice the Corsair.

Corsairs, I believe were credited with 2,140 Japanese shot down. They also had the best kill ratio of all U.S. fighters I thought :?:

I was considering versatility and longevity of the Corsair which this survey didn't seem to stress.