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Permalink Reply by bob james on February 20, 2011 at 7:36pm

bob james said:

Hello Guy's,

 

Hangar56 has got it right concerning the difference between aircraft, such as the Spitfire, P-51 and the FW 190.  You place the right man in the plane whether it be the Spit, P-51 and the FW 190.  These are 3 great planes and I like all 3 and it would be hard for me to make the call.  But all the reading, the visit with WWII fighter pilots and those that have had the experience to fly some of these aircraft the majority had picked the P-51 Mustang.  At the top of the list for me is the P-51, the Spitfire and  the FW 190 Dora.  The FW 190 Dora is one plane that we can never come away with how it would preformed in a dog fight.  The reason is because it came to the air war late and most of the experience German Pilots were flying the Me 262 or dead! 

 

Most of the German aircraft captured by the U.S. were taken to Wright Patterson for testing.  Those pilots that were flying the FW 190 Dora stated they thought that Dora was as good as the P-51 Mustang.  As to be too young to be a pilot during WWII I have no experience of having the privilege of flying either of these 3 aircraft.  If I had the choice to fly 1 of the 3 aircraft to go into battle I would pick the P-51 Mustang.  I would have to say that it had long legs and could loiter for a looooong time, it can carry bombs and rockets, good protection for the pilots, good visibility because of the bubble canopy and it's fast.  Now compare the other 2 aircraft and then which one would you want to fly into battle????????

 

I LOVE the Spitfire and in 1940 I would want to be in the pilot seat of the Spit.  It is one of the best looking aircraft and I have all 50 1:72nd scale Spitfires in my collection of the Corgi Aircraft.  I have a small collection of Gemini WWII aircraft in a small collection other than the Corgi.  I have all the Spits except for one (missing the exclusive "Spirit of Kent") and I'm trying to find 2 for my collection (anyone reading this and has the Gemini Spitfire "Spirit of Kent" and would like to trade or sell, I'm interested).  Getting back to what I was going to say is that the P-51D looks like the FIGHTER and it has smooth graceful lines as compared to a good looking female model.  The Spitfire is graceful and as the lines of a beautiful model but it doesn't look like a fighter.  A fighter needs all kinds of tricks to fight in a battle and beside it's guns it needs to use all the things necessary to fight a battle that means it needs to carry bombs and rockets so it can help those on the ground. 

 

Sorry guys for the long reading assignment but sometimes I get to passionate about certain subjects and this is one and that is why I collect WWII fighters.

 

Cheers, Bob

 

 

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