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| Which WW2 Fighter had the most enemy air kills while in combat? |
| Spitfire |
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12% |
[ 4 ] |
| Me-109 |
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54% |
[ 17 ] |
| FW-190 |
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3% |
[ 1 ] |
| Zero |
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12% |
[ 4 ] |
| P-47 |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| P-51 |
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16% |
[ 5 ] |
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| Total Votes : 31 |
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Post subject: Which WW2 Fighter had the most enemy air kills in combat?
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Which WW2 Fighter had the most enemy air kills while in combat?
Your choices are
Spitfire
Me-109
FW-190
Zero
P-47
P-51
Vote for the deadliest fighter and post your reasons for the choice!
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 Fri May 27 18:27:40 2005 |
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wow, the 109 and the Zero got a lot of airtime for the whole war, but the Spit held the line against all those German bombers/strikers for the BoB. Gotta muse on this one for a while.
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| Fri May 27 19:00:12 2005 |
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I voted Spitfire. P-47 might have had more GROUND kills but ait to air I'm gonna guess Spit.
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| Fri May 27 19:06:16 2005 |
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I sure wish more people would post the reasons for their votes!
Makes the poll more interesting! 
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| Fri May 27 21:02:29 2005 |
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The ME-109 (BF-109?) was used throughout WW2, so I'm going to go with that. The P-51 was only used in the later years once Allied command realized that the P-47 just wasn't going to cut it. I don't know much about the FW-190...
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| Fri May 27 21:09:08 2005 |
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| Sorry CAG I voted for the P-51, since it had more overall kills then any other aircraft in WWII. It is the only aircraft from that list that served in large numbers in both combat theaters for the USAAF. |
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| Fri May 27 21:09:15 2005 |
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FW-190 was perhaps the best plane of the war, but came in late.
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| Fri May 27 21:39:57 2005 |
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I disagree. The P-51 came into the war alot later then the FW-190, which entered combat in 1941. The P-51 had far more kills then the FW-190 could ever hope to have. It also had the range to escort the bombers all the way into Germany and then defeat the FW-190 on its own home turf...
Mustang all the way!
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| Fri May 27 21:46:17 2005 |
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| IIRC the P-38 has the most kills for a US a/c... |
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| Fri May 27 21:54:06 2005 |
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P-38 has the ace with the most single kills for the USAAF. But not the highest kills in the war, since it served in such low numbers in Europe.
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| Fri May 27 21:58:32 2005 |
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Richard Bong, killed during developement of the P-80 Shooting Star Americas first mass produced jet.
I had NO idea the "butcher bird" was available so early!!! But it was a far better bird than the Mess-O-Sh** as my dad always called it lol
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| Fri May 27 22:03:56 2005 |
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Yes the FW-190 entered Luftwaffe service just after the end of the Battle of Britain...
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| Fri May 27 22:17:22 2005 |
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The answer is...
The P-51 destroyed more enemy aircraft in the air then any other WWII aircraft in combat...
The Spit killed a little over half that much.
The Me-109 2/3s as much as did the P-47.
The FW 109 and the Zero below half as much.
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