What plane(s) impress you from WWII (for any reason at all)? Name two.

The Spitfire and Lancaster count, of course, but it would be nice to see some other, unexpected choices.

Mine are:

The B-17 Flying Fortress

and

the F6F Hellcat (I love the cigar-shaped US Navy planes)

Tin opener:

F4U Corsair. ‘The Bent Winged Bastard From Connecticut’

flying suitcase

pe-2

1 – the Mosquito, ‘cos it was old tech (wood and fabic) yet damned fast and fulfilled a number of roles (a bit like an Orange 5 😆 )
2 – ME 262, the first operational jet fighter so cutting edge techbut allied with sexy design!

Always liked the look of the Stuka

Also IMO the Catalina is a beautiful looking machine.

There has to be one, for its sheet groundbreaking leap forward:

Lockheed P38 and Focke Wulf FW190.

EDIT: @Rorschach – great minds…

Pour Louis. Reposer en paix, mon vieux.

Is this going to be the Me262 and Ju87 fan club ?

Well the Lysander’s already been taken 🙂

Like the Stuka, but British. EDIT – beaten to it while I chose my second.

And always liked this better than the Lancaster.

slainte 😀 rob

<edit> doh, beaten to it as well! </edit>

no, not a Sea Fury, a Hawker Tempest II. Clearly the Sea Fury had some parentage…

Got to be the Gustav

Choice of the Experten – Highest scoring fighter of all time

dc3 and mosquito. awesome aircraft with their own amazing sound.

AndyF1 beat me to it.. The Wellington. My Grandfather made those, as well as Concord 🙂

My second..

The Jug.

Truly ground breaking

druidh i’m sure the program Secret Weapons Of The Luftwaffe said a lot of those blew up on take off.

First from the land of Nippon?

And proof that they had some exciting design ideas too.

Mere details. Recorded a speed of almost 700mph in 1944!!

Bugger!!! All my favourites have been stolen from me! Dammit! I would have chosen from; Storch/Meteor/Typhoon/Tempest/Beaufighter…
Hmmm, so, what else is there?
Oooo yes, I know!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964533@N04/5665549083/
The beautiful but flawed Westland Whirlwind.
And an all-time favourite:

The fabulous B-25 Mitchell

I love the B-25. Nice pic.

A real tech-fest. The Uhu

Though i have a soft spot for cadillacs

And the Arado Blitz. The world’s first operational jet bomber (not the Canberra as erroneously claimed on the Beebs jets of the 50s programme)

The Mitchell’s a lovely looking machine, especially with the long nose, gets my vote.

Or,

Or,

No Sunderlands yet?

I like the baby Sunderland.

Hmm, on my phone so no photos, however, got to be the Hawker Tempest, stunning (and evil) piece of machinery. Love the whirlwind above as well.

This always impressed me, just because it’s such a pretty aircraft:

The Heinkel He-162 Volksjager, or Salamander. RAF Colerne, not far from me, used to have a museum with some really cool stuff in, including one of these. I believe it’s in Duxford now. Largely wood construction, too. It does have one small flaw, anyone see what it is?

Genuine LOL at Northwind!

Polikarpov i-16 🙂

Transapp, Whirlwinds were based at RAF Colerne, where the 162 above was displayed, as it happens.

Just a shame it’s not knitted, Squidlord.