The Most Successful Fighter Plane of World War II
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- One of the most crucial aspects in World War II was the employment and performance of newly created weaponry. Military tactics and intelligence services were important, but in the heat of combat, the quality and amount of weaponry were the most important. As a result, the world’s most powerful countries were designing and manufacturing military systems and platforms on an unprecedented scale. Fighter aircraft were among the most formidable vehicles of the war produced. They proved to completely alter the battlefield. Although the fighters had been around for a while, they were nothing like as sophisticated as the revolutionary fighters deployed in the Second World War. Skilled pilots in these new aircraft could pose a significant threat to the whole opposing fleets. They not only changed the course of the war, but also became the legends of the aerial battle. Let’s take a look at the 10 most proficient and successful WWII fighter aircraft.
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The P47 Thunderbolt was "named after the legendary A10 Thunderbolt..." are you shitting me?
😅😅 somebody smokin'some GOOD stuff
They named it after an airplane that wouldn't be around for another 30 years. That's forward thinking for you. Seriously, though. Whenever I come across something like this, I stop watching. Bye!
Clearly this is AI generated garbage. Down vote it so they don't make money. They also said that the P-51 wasn't good at high altitude, when that was only true in it's early models and when they changed engines it was great at higher altitudes.
Some time travel was involved by the board that knew about the A10 in 1943.
@@TheChonaman I have it on good authority Doc Brown was the project lead.
if you ever feel stupid just remember this guy exists
It was so stupid, I originally gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought he was being sarcastic . But after seeing your post, I agree he’s shall we say uninformed !
I've always felt stoopid, before I even knew about this guy. Is there any help?
Good Lord! This guy is completely clueless!
Include the F8 Bearcat which essentially didn’t participate in WWII and leave out the F6 which shot down more planes than any other US Navy fighter? The F8 was more “successful”?
Not to mention the first image they show for the bearcat is actually a Corsair
You did not mention that the P51 did not become a long-range escort fighter until the original Allison engine was replaced by a Rolls Royce Merlin.
…Replaced with a Packard “copy” of the Rolls Royce Merlin.
Itasuki tower, song of a Korean war pilot getting ground clearance for a damaged mustang powered by a Merlin.
....and Arnold and ll the other fools in the USAAF refused to use it until Tommy Hitchcock went around these imbeciles and got it done. If introduced earlier how many of the 26,000 US Airmen would not have died. Another sterling example of recalcitrance, envy, jealousy and just plain stupidity that usually persists in so-called "high (who drug) command".
Before the adoption of the RR Merlin the Mustang wasn't accepted as good fighter even between the US pilots... The Packard licensed RR mades the difference, USA only mades excellent radial engines.
@@beeceesp1386 Not a copy but the real thing - manufactured under licence
Wait hold up! a plane from ww2 was named after the famous a-10 thunderbolt which was created decades after ww2??
Yes , the Republic P-47 was named the Thunderbolt. In the 1970s the A-10 was built and since it was , like it’s WW2 cousin, also built by Republic, and was a ground attack aircraft, was also named the Thunderbolt. Maybe these people have a Time Machine.
@@SeniorDrummer Y'all Got that as well. i had to rewind TWICE..REALLY>?? dang Robots..And Im just an RC beginner Modeler..53 Ripe Young age! Got the Bigg Gutt and all to Prove it LOL!
Actually the P38 was more expensive to produce than the P47.
Due to 2 engines with turbosuperchargers.
The original P 51 was later renamed A36. It was not effective above around 25 000 feet due to lack of supercharger or turbo chargers.
When mated with the 2 stage supercharged Merlin it became a first rate medium high altitude fighter .
The typical armament for the P38 was q 20mm cannon plus 4
50 cal ma chine guns.
The F8F MIGHT have been quite successful in fleet defense. Due to size it had limited fuel capacity and was short ranged. It did not see combat in WW2.
The Corsair had problems adapting to carrier duty but these were eventually overcome.
The P38 never reached its zenith of possible performance as it was never furnished with 4 bladed props as were several other fighters due to 2 being required and contra rotating. The performance increase was not deemed necessary or cost effective since the war in the Pacific was windinding down the allies had already battered their way to closer proximity to Japan and other fighters such as the Corsair and P51 had sufficient range to reach Japan. 1 prototype the P38K was developed. The performance was quite good.
Although originally developed as a bomber interceptor properly flown it was a very effective fighter as demonstra ft ed by Bong and McGuire. It did not do particularly well in Europe not being fully developed when introduced problems with cockpit heat and icing of the sensitive turbo supercharger mechanisms but mostly because it was tied to bomber defense which precluded its ability to fly in its most effective regimes.
Toward the end of the war both Germany and Japan produced a very few models of outstanding fighters but numbers were insignificant due to lack of proper resources and shattered industrial bases.
This guy doesn't know a damn thing avout what he's narrating
@@user-gj1np8zd5t 1. The Original P51 was the RAF Mustang and its Allison did have a supercharger, a two speed single stage and was an excellent Ground Attack and medium level fighter The RAF had it in Service 10 May 42 in the ETO before the P38 P47 and P51
2. We never had Turbo chargers in fighters, too large, too cumbersome and too inefficient
3. Most engagements in the ETO was at medium to high altitude
What about the Hellcat? It shot down a HUGE amount of Japanese airplanes, had an incredible kill-to-loss ratio, and was almost bulletproof !!!
The only thing I can figure is that many of the kills credited to the Hellcat were against inferior pilots and inferior planes. Face it, later in the war, the Zero just didn't match up.
While some of what you said is true, what is also true is that the Hellcat was designed before WW2 started and the Zero did become obsolete due to a lack of resources . However the fact still remains that the Hellcat was a highly effective fighter, witness the battle of the Phillippene Sea. It was a superior fighter, and that is the point of battle logistics. Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight!
You are quite correct. The only reason I have to suggest why the hellcat doesn’t get enough respect is that the zero was no longer the terror that it was early in the war.
Sorry, Hollyweird/YT doesn't care about FACTS, they just know that the F4-U Corsair was the better *looking* plane... 🙄🙄🙄
The Hellcat had a monstrous 2000 horsepower engine. (The same engine as used in the P-47 and the F-4U Corsair). The Mitsubishi Zero was a low powered, but incredibly nimble fighter that flew circles around Wildcats and P-400s (a version of the P-39) because it weighed nothing! Ultra thin Aluminum skin. No armor protection for the pilot. And no thick rubber self-sealing gas tanks (that weighed a ton).
This person knows absolutely about WW2 or these aircraft.
According to the visual the F8F Bearcat first flew in 1844! Boy, was Wilbur and Orville surprised!!!
I lost track of the number of incorrect statements in this video.
It is absolutely ridiculous!
Regarding the P-51 Mustang....There is no mention of the improvement when the British designed Royals-Royce Engine was added.....Huge omission!!
I think at this point, most people already know that fact. You make a good point, though.
Yeah, I agree. The Merlin then gave the P-51elevation that the Allison could not. I've always thought the P-51 Muastang with the British Merlin engine was the most outstanding fighter in WW-2.
@@snivelinj7612 I thought I was alone on that one. The P-51 with the RR Merlin engine even took out a few ME262's.
Do these people even CARE about accuracy? Geez.. Every description of every plane had more than a few major errors. Look at the rest of the comments below. Sigh....
The F6F Hellcat was the most successful US Naval aircraft in WWII. It decimated the Zero during the war. The F8F Bearcat didn't even make it into the war. The F4U Corsair was initially turned down by the Navy due to it's poor visibility on carrier landings. To not even mention the Hellcat leads me to believe this post is totally inaccurate.
Whomever put together this video was working on a quota and didn’t care about facts or correctness. It’s full of major errors about cruising speeds and armaments. Red Flag #1, never defining “Successful” and including a plane that didn’t fight in WWII.
Yeah, this is terrible content. They don't care about quality, just quantity. Best thing to do is to tell RUclips to stop recommending the channel.
Man you got that right! I don't think he's ever even heard of WWIi.
"Yak 3 was the only single-seat single-engine soviet fighter of ww2",
"P-47 thunderbolt was named after the legendary A10 thunderbolt"
WTF. I can't watch it further. Too much bullsh*t per minute. How tf they got this many subs?
@@briappa6670 Probably the film /footage? Eh, how many WW2 Buffs are around, as in those that actually "KNOW" their facts? Obviously less than 661k 😜 You forgot to mention the P-38. The one armed with German MG131 12mms and Mg151 20mms 🤣 Then again, you probably didnt watch this long enough, to hear that blasphemy? I made it into a drinking game. iT messEd My up goed...Ian habinhg troiuble typinhg
Thanks , I'm out .
13:09 I didn’t know it was built in 1844. This would’ve been the greatest fighter plane ever if they actually used it 🗿
yeah lots of mistakes i noticed
well they must have had time travel, to bad nobody noticed otherwise we might have aviation 59 years earlier lol.
Yeah, the Wright Brothers are overrated 😁
Yeah, they used them for strafing at Gettysburg, during the Civil War. 😮
Oh yes! That gave Lockheed plenty of time to refine the model!
The video says the Yak-9 was the only Soviet fight with a single engine and single seat. What about the Yak-1, MiG-3, LA-5, LA-7, I-15, I-1, etc, etc, Along with all of the other errors commented on.
He lost me at that point. Did not bother with the rest.
@@brucelivingstone365 Fitsy floen in 1844, ohwell.
The A-10 was named after the P-47, not the other way around.
The p-38 was equipped from the beginning with 4 50 caliber machine guns and one cannon of either 37mm or 20mm. There were experimental variance with 8 .50 caliber machinegun. There was also the droop snoot with norden bomb site and later a variant with bombing radar.
Richard Bong ( The Allies highest scoring Ace ) flew the P-38 in the pacific and managed some of his 40 kills being Zeros. A great feat considering how maneuverable the Zero was. A burst of those 50s or one or two cannon shells and a Zero would blow up. But it took one hell of a pilot to get behind a Zero. Remember the admonition ( Do not get in a turning contest with a Zero or in 2.5 rotations, the Zero would be on your six). The fork tailed devil (The German’s name for the P-38) was born out of the Army’s speed requirements . The manufacturer didn’t think they could get to that speed with a single engine. It is definitely a beautiful plane (Form fellows function ) and if I may say a bad a*s looking one. It looks fast on the ground. Definitely one of my favorite looking planes !
@@SeniorDrummer The Germans did NOT call it the fork tailed Devil Post war humbug The Germans loved them and shot them to pieces
I may be wrong on this one but I believe that I read, or heard that the 38 was first armed with 2,30cal, 2,50cal and 1, 37mm. Wish that they had keep the 37mm. Just think what that would have done to a Zero!
Except, in a dogfight, it took ten miles to turn around.
@@Craig52-zq1bt They actually had the best turns in a test conducted at Wright Field around Jun44 against the P51and P47
The F8F didn't see combat service in WWII, a criteria I would have thought to be of merit for a successful WWII fighter. The P-38 Lightning is credited with being the first US fighter to exceed 400mph, although the Corsair was the first to do it with a single engine. The Jumo engined version of the FW190 series was an excellent aircraft but it had no where near the impact of the BMW engined 190's. Those models were incredibly successful and versatile.
The p38 fast in level flight, yes, but had to be withdrawn from the European conflict because it couldn't dive at high altitude or speed. basically they were diving straight into the ground.
both the Spitfire and the Bf109 could however dive at high speed and altitude and pull out safely.
this is explained better buy the worlds most experienced test pilot Eric winkle Brown.
look his videos up on RUclips.
@@coastlinesailingcruisingan3991 They will NOT do so. They are stuck on THEIR planes and do not forget the Spitfire was a British plane .
Mustang D had a Packard Merlin V1650 - a licensed built version of the Rolls Royce Merlin. The A and B versions had the Allison engine and was a failure by comparison.
The Mk 24 Spitfire never appeared until after the war
I miss the Messerschmidt ME 262 and the Horton 229.
Grumman F4F Bearcat with Browning 12.7 mm Cannons. Nope. 12.7 is a Machine Gun. Not a Cannon.
It is a cannon if the calibre is 20mm or more.
the later F8F the brownings were swapped out for 20mm cannons they mixed stuff up just like it first flew in 1944 but screen text says 1844 and it's F8F Beatcat not F4F bearcat as you comment so see simply goof it text and what the fool was given to narrate, just like the other goof of the p47d thunderbold being names after the a10 thunderbolt lol
The spitfire was an excellent defensive fighter. Their shortcomings was range. This was the result of a small airframe. Even Johnny Johnson lamented the short range. The bomb racks could also carry two kegs of beer.
Go and do some bloody research In April 42 MkV Spitfires with 90 gal belly tanks flew off the HMS Eagle and flew to Malta 660 miles away Later they did it again from the USS wASP By late 42 the Spitfires with 170 gal Belly tanks flew from Gibraltar to Malta just over1200 miles And from then until wars end Supermarine and Rolls Royce refined to plane to do more.
Well now our English brethren are known for drinking copious of two things .The firest of course is tea the second is Ale or as we like to. Call it here in America beer ,so which to the English would be the most important thing bombs? Or Beer!
It was designed to do a particular job, protect the English coast. It fulfilled that function in spades.
@@gawainethefirst And many other duties e.g Malta, Italy, Middle East France Belgium Holland , Germany Burma Australia Moratai Burma and southern Philippines. Not bad for a short distance plane. Ohh and as a carrier plane
The Spitfire never had the combat radius that the P-38, P-47, or P-51 had. Never. Even when stripped of armament and equipped with cameras and the maximum amount of fuel possible, the Spitfire lacked the range of front line U.S. fighters.
It was an excellent point defense fighter. As a long range escort or long range air superiority fighter, well, it just wasn't.
The most successful fighter of ww2 is indisputably the Messerschmidt Bf 109.
it shot down more aircraft than any other fighter, and had the highest scoring aces of any country.
Erich Alfred Hartmann scored 352 aircraft shot down all with the Bf109 that's more than some aircraft models entire combined scores.
it doesn't have to be the fastest or the highest flying just the most enemy shot down.
Absolutely right - I had the experience and honor of meeting Major (I believe that was his rank at the time) Hartman when he was later associated with the U.S. and posted in Germany. Many try to discredit his high kill score and that subject was raised at the meeting I attended but , in fact, his score was attributed to his ability that few could duplicate -he would only fire when the enemy plane was so close that it's outline occupied his entire forward screen - nerves and ability = high score.
it was also in the war the longest length of time by a long shot.
I had no idea the Jug was named after the A-10! Amazing performance for the Jug, considering it has a single piston engine,
Nice video but his editorial needs work.
What’s your point? The Republic P-47 and the F4U Corsair had the same identical engine as the Hellcat. The Corsair differed from the other two with an enormous propeller that necessitated bending the wings to get the fuselage (and monstrous prop) raised up away from the ground. The Corsair was faster than any other American fighter and was considered the most capable American fighter and was greatly feared by the Japanese. The Americans built 12,000 Hellcats and a matching 12,000 Corsairs. But Hellcats dominated in the Pacific because most American fleet carriers had Hellcats. While the smaller escort carriers with shorter flight decks still flew Wildcats.
THE P38 was great airplane that could've been better with Merlin engines.
I was surprised to learn from the graphic that the F8F Bearcat was first flown in 1844. That thing must have spooked the crap out of the horses on both sides during the Civil War.
Now you know the REAL reason that the U.S. won the Mexican/American war! 🤣🤣😂😂
Too many mistakes. You used a photo of the Spanish "Buchon" Merlin engined ME109s and then stated the P-38 Lightning had MG131 and MG151 machine guns. Those were German guns. The F8F Bearcat was armed with four AN/M3 (HS.404) 20mm cannons. What else did you get wrong?
The Bearcat did not see service in WW2
French Indochina war not french Vietnam war
He got one thing right, the Corsair was king....
Wow. What a bad list, and an Allison on a P-51D? No. The first generation of P-51 had the Allison which did not meet the needs of the British. The Allison was swapped out with the Rolls Royce Merlin in the P-51 B or C and D as shown in the video. And putting the P-51 at 7 is really not fair.
P-38 Lightning J had 2850hp (1425 h.p., each motor) and the swept area of two props to deliver the thrust. And was the first fighter to exceed 400 mph at altitude, 20,000 feet.
Richards Topical Encyclopaedia gives the speed of the Lockheed Lightning as 725mph..in a dive..but no mention of handling problems.
It's a pretty good video with a lot of mistakes, still liked anyway.
I read all the books by all pilots, including German. The German feared the P47 Thunderbolt more than any other. Not the Mustang, but the Thunderbolt. Their comment was IT could an astounding amount of lead with seemingly no effect to its performance. Saying These planes had to be handled very carefully.
The P51-D had forced induction once the initial motor was replaced giving it a service ceiling of 41,000' making it an excellent high altitude fighter.
ME 262... Multi engine jet fighter built in Germany
A lot of mistakes in this video. Facts and graphics.
I liketo imagine a P38 with the engines both Rolls Royce Merlins !
The Alison was a stronger and more reliable engine, but Alison and North American couldn’t make a good 2 stage supercharger, which is why they had to change over to the Merlin. Lockheed created their own two-stage system for the lighting, which developed more engine power with greater reliability than the merlin. Two merlins in a lightning would have degraded performance and range.
The P-38 was armed with a single 20 mm cannon and four 50 caliber machine guns. All mounted in the nose, so it was a concentrated in front of the pilot. It was a mean SOB.
but not effective at high altitude in the ETO until the war was almost over. Good at low level though in the PTO against the japanese aircraft.
@@bobsakamanos4469 According to information relayed to me by another P-38 fan, the European aviation fuel was crap. In the Pacific they ran on American manufactured fuels with stellar results. They have the battle record to prove it.
@@normvw4053 there are many reasons for the P-38 poor performance at high altitude. Firstly, Allison never made a reliable engine that performed at altitude. The intake manifold, accessory case design, lack of proper intercooler/aftercoolers and/or the installation, etc. It was known as the Allison Time Bomb. Yes, as I've said, low level operations were more successful, especially against the less capable Japanese fighters. The fuel issue was not resolved with use of American sourced fuel, lead fouling being a problem at cruise conditions. New intake manifolds were finally designed and installed on most allisons by mid-late 1944, so P-38s were late to the party, but still couldn't dive with LW fighters.
P-38 airframe design was another problem with thick wing roots limiting critical mach to .68 which meant that they couldn't pursue LW fighters in a dive. Even the great Robin Olds almost thundered in due to compressibility.
The P-38 was removed from the ETO for good reasons. NAA fiercely railed at using the Allison for the P-51J and P-82. Curtiss wanted to continue use of the Merlin (P-40F) and Lockheed wanted Merlins. The trend away from the Allison was not coincidence.
@@normvw4053 Bulldust that fuel was okay for the P47 P51 Spitfire Tempest Mossie etc etc What battle record ??????
@@bobsakamanos4469 Jimmy Doolittle "the sweetest plane I've ever flown". 95% of all aerial photos taken by unarmed 38s. 2 squadrons fought all thru the US involvement of the war.
So the Bearcat makes the list, but the Hellcat does not. What was the title of this video, again?
P-68, P- 61 and B-17 have always been my "American Builds".
There are quite a few errors here. The Bearcat, for example, did not first fly in 1844!
What ever happened to the Grumman F6F Hellcat? The most dominant fighter that achieved a 19:1 kill ratio against Japan,
There is a story of Lindbergh flying one of these in the Pacific during WW2 . Got in a dog fight with a Japanese pilot and shot him down . I believe it is the only cofermed kill by a civilian pilot.
It's a good and entertaining video. If you fix some of the facts it will be a great video. Like the fact that the FW 190 had a radial engine, not an inline. This design was inspired by the success of the American radial engine fighters in the Pacific.
Or the fact they show the Bearcat first flown before the civil war.
The FW190 flew operationally from August 1941 onwards - some months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the eventual success of USN aircraft in the Pacific. One of the most remarkable aspects of the US aircraft industry is the speed with which they developed a truly effective suite of combat aircraft.
The "rare" FW190 mentioned in the video was the long-nose, turbocharged "D" variant only produced in small numbers late in WWII. Note the 40K ceiling it could achieve.
There were A, B, and C FW190 models that preceded it, were quite common and were very successful, but lacking a supercharger or turbo were not as capable at high altitudes. There were efforts to turbo or suypercharge the B and C models too, but they were unsuccessful and never entered service.
The first image shown when discussing the Bearcat is actually an F4U Corsair... it made little sense to include an F8F Bearcat on this list, anyway, since it was not flown in combat during WWII.
Instead of the Bearcat, it would have made more sense to include the Grumman F4F Wildcat that entered service before WWII and saw a lot of action during the war.
Another candidate is the Curtiss P40 Warhawk, which saw wide use in Africa, Asia and the Pacific during the war. It was P40s that the Flying Tigers flew in China, before America entered the war. And it was several P40s that scrambled on Dec. 7, 1941 and rose to defend against the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Russian Yak-3 was far from "the Soviet's only single seat fighter". There were Yak-1, Yak-7 and Yak-9, as well as a short lived Mig-1 and a Mig-2, plus about a half dozen others. The Russian Air Force also flew a number of P40s provided by the US.
The Yak-3 was small, light weight, nimble and fast with a big, powerful engine and well armed with a 20mm cannon and two 12.7mm machine guns. Arriving relatively late in the war, Yak-3 were very successful against a Lufwaffe that had already lost many of its most experienced combat pilots.
@@12345sc1 And The JUGG P47D Nomenclature / name ...was inspired by the A10 THUNDERBOLT...Grrrrr...Damn ROBOTS!
@@12345sc1 hahah I know RIGHT>?
..And i Just Build models..Even I caught that.. or>? reference to the A10 Thunderbolt...
Thanks for video. Not exactly sure how success is defined and may depend on the period/theatre during WW2. Struggle with the Supermarine Spitfire being classed as most successful British fighter. Arguably, Hawker Hurricane should have been included. It was at least as vital as the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain.
The Spitfire shot down far more enemy planes during the war. It was in service for the whole war.
@@castlerock58 And it shot down more than any USAAF fighter
Between the P47, Hellcat, and F4U Corsairs could give any aircraft on this list.
It's a spirit and a mental attitude that makes you.
I believe the BF 109 was actually the most successful fighter plane of WW2. It was flown by the three highest scoring ACES, among many other records.
It was certainly if not the most produced , one of them. Having the 3 highest aces had more to do with the the talent and experience of the German pilots and the fact that unlike some countries that rotated their pilots after a certain time period or number of missions, they flew missions until killed, wounded and unable to fly again or captured. Take the most numerous group of pilots ( At the beginning of the war, the Germans had the largest number of fighter pilots and most had been flying since the Spanish Civil War) and keep them flying until they can’t fly any more you get a survival of the fittest thing going.) Those aces went up against pilots trying to kill them every mission and came out successful every time. It’s a brutal way to get the best pilots but if you keep doing that for years, the best will indeed come to the top. That being said, the BF 109 was a great overall airplane that was continually improved thru out the war with more powerful engines and better visibility . The Brit’s spitfire over went the same evolution. Rather than built a different plane, you just keep improving it , in its case with more powerful Rolls Royce engines. I’m sure it would be in the top five with arguments about the about the order of the top five.
@@SeniorDrummer Also depends on variant.
Like the Spit, the plane at the end of the war was a totally different beast to the one at the start of the war
Included F8F instead of the F6F for WW2? I know a lot of Navy pilots are going to be pissed off about that!
Definitely a mistake not to include the F6F Hellcat which had the best kill ratio of the war. You are absolutely right ! And like the Rolls Royce engines which were in the spitfire , mustang and mosquito, the F6F had the Pratt & Whitney R-28 double wasp Radial engine which was also in the P-47 and F4U Corsair . The R-28 could lose a cylinder and still make it home where a stray bullet could take out a mustang by hitting its water cooling system.
@@SeniorDrummer Hold on, like the Corsair the Hellcat was never in combat with the Luftwaffe so that automatically rules them both out
The zero was remarkable plane for its day. Its weaknesses did not really become a parent until late 1942. The aircraft was built very. So it was very prone to damage, the fuel tanks were not protected and neither was the pilot. Later in the war these issues were remedied but it was after they had already lost the vital experience cadre of pilots that they had. Until later in the war the 20 mm Cannon and the machine guns actually had different trajectories. The 20 mm round actually falling actually falling short compared to the rifle caliber machine guns. This was later remedy by the replacement of the existing 20 mm guns with a newer longer barrel gun.
😂 the p47 thunderbolt was named after the A-10 thunderbolt.
Please, you discredit yourself.
The US helped Japan to build up their machines before the war started.
What about the P-51 Mustang with the supercharged Merlin? In the winter of 1943-1944, a conversion to the two-stage supercharged and inter-cooled Merlin 60 series was made. It was over 350 lb (160 kg) heavier than the single-stage Allison. The Joint British/American-designed P-51D model outfitted with the supercharged engine was capable of 440 miles per hour and could climb to over 28,000 feet - high enough to fly bomber air support over Europe. The Mustang had NO nose-mounted guns, only the 6 M2 fifty cals. mounted in the wings. The Mustang's current altitude record is 42,568 ft attained in 2013 by Doug Mattews.
…with a supercharged Packard copy of the Rolls Royce Merlin…
Before the number one plane I knew the Corsair would be number one.
My friend... you are soooo wrong about so much about these fighters. I've studied these awesome fighters for years, sat in many of them. I do, however, agree with the F4U Corsair. It WAS the best fighter of WW2.
Where was the F4U the best fighter of WW2. Certainly NOT in the ETO/MTO You should qualify that statement
Please don`t show a picture of the Spanish post war version of the Bf 109 with a british Merlin engine, the Hispano Aviacion H.A. 1112 when you are talking about the K-4. Also the Bf 109 K-4 was armed with a single 30 mm MK 108 and two 13 mm MG 131 in the upper fuselage, not MG 151.
Best regards
I’m glad all these engine makers compete on race tracks now 😅
The A-10 was named after the P-47 not the other way around like the Videos said. Some of the other facts in this video are also questionable. You have aircraft that have very little or no combat like the Bearcat and 109k above the Mustang and Spitfire, but no Hurricane. What about the Hellcat, The Hellcat change the balance in the Pacific, had the highest KD rate of any WW2 aircraft. Just saying.
I'll bet you didn't know that (according to the vid @13:14) the Bearcat first flew in 1844!!! Way ahead of it's time..
12:16 image of F4U Corsair
8 seconds in there is a clip of the USS Santa Fe in front of Mount Suribachi. My Dad is on the other side, using a twin 40mm Bofors to play whack-a-mole with cave-emplaced artillery in the mountain.
You mean the P40
England's number one ace flew a P40 in north Africa
It was in production before and at end of WW2
It's record is being re evaluated and showing it's true excellence
i've read a lot about the poor maneuverability ratio of the P-38 in dogfights with German fighters...
It was not a good fighter against the German TWO
This video is about as accurate as a watch with a flat battery.
1844? What have you been smoking? 😂
Did anyone catch that when they introduce the F8F that the picture was a Corsair? And I don't think the FW190 ever had inline engine. They were 14 cylinder BMW radials.
1:17 " The Supermarine Spitfire was, (-) as well the most widely produced British single seater fighter of the war".
I think the Hawker Hurricane was. (In all its forms). The Spit was difficult & expensive to produce.
The Hurricane was made of wood & cloth.
He'll yeah! Best fighter in WW2 for sure regardless of the mistakes!
The Spitfire??? blood oath I have been saying that for years
By the way, has anyone seen the P51 in that fearsome external top tank configuration?
the spit was a contender for home defence champ. but no plane was best at everything.
Thanks to you posters. I was starting to watch and was reading your comments concurrently. I stopped. Thanks for saving my time.
The Bearcat never saw service during WW 2 or Korea. Outclassed everything but shouldn't be included in this list.
I'm going to start watching these aviation vids with the sound turned off because they are always full of errors! I thought my head was going to explode when they said the P 47 Thunderbolt was named after the A10 which was built DECADES later!! I'll just watch for the pretty pictures!😅😅
Arguably the F8F should not be included in this collection as it never saw actual service during WWII. A better inclusion would have been the F6F.
P-38 always associated with Richard Bong and Robin Olds
Not mentioned the Hawker Hurrican that shot down more German aircraft than the Spitfire.
How is it that the P38 shot down more enemy aircraft than any other, had a greater payload than a B17 and doesn't make number one on the list?
The Spit in your photo was a very late war mark. The iconic marks had a raised back fuselage and a part bubble canopy. The Yak was NOT the only Russian fighter with a single seat and single engine. All their fighters were like that. The P51D was never saddled with an Allison Engine. There are too many errors in this.
looking at the Yak 3. its pretty obvious where they got their influence from. A Russian Spitfire
MKS is nit the M K S its an abbreviation for Mark or Marks.
Unless I am badly mistaken, P-38s were equipped with 4 x .50 caliber machine guns and 4 x 20mm cannons.😊
No 1 x cannon 4x M/Gs
The A-10 was named after the P-47, not the reverse. P-47s were superior to any thing except the ME-262 above 25,000ft. The 56th were really the group that had the most of the top 10 Aces & really broke the Luftwaffe's back.
I know a test ground for messerschmit, in a nearby forest where I live…will record a video about it!
FYI the P-47 wasn’t named after the A-10 Thunderbolt….you automatically get a thumbs down only since they don’t offer the middle finger symbol.
No, the P-47 Thunderbolt was NOT "named after the legendary A-10 Thunderbolt" as stated at 4:47. Other way around. The P-51D Mustang had a Packard (Rolls-Royce) V-1650-7 Merlin engine but only the Allison V-1710 (not used in the "D" model) is described in this video. The F8F Bearcat was NOT first flown in 1844 as shown in the graphic at 13:09. This video deems the F4U Corsair the "most capable fighter of WWII." Although it's a "carrier-based fighter," the US Navy abandoned it for use on carriers due to landing difficulties. How could it be considered the "most capable" when it wasn't suitable for its primary role?
The accuracy in this video is quite poor. Try putting at least a minimal amount of effort into research and presentation.
At 10:20 the Buchon with RR engine wasn't the better Messerschmitt... Who mades the P 51 a fightet doesn't the same with german made Me109.with DB engines...
What about the mosquito.
Besides the iconic appearance, the firepower consisting of 4X.50 cal Brownings and 1X20mm (or 37mm on some variants) this plane had a devastating cone of firepower concentrated in a circle of around 2 feet that was devastating to anything it could hit. Admiral Yamamoto unavailable for comment...
"P47 Thunderbolt was "named after the legendary A10 Thunderbolt???" that comment, and the low ranking of the P51D brings the credibility of this list into serious, if not comical, question.
You got your Thunderbolt story backwards. The A-10 given the Thunderbolt name in honor of the P-47.
There is a small problem with the naming of airplanes. P stands for pursuit. F stands for fighter. B stands for bomber. C stands for cargo. etc.
And I stands for Idiot ! Referring to the many mistakes in this video!
Sweest plane I ever flew". Jimmy Doolittle !
13:21 Flown in 1844? Wow! Ahead of it's time!
What about the Hurricane
Grumman bear cat was actually the corsair.
1st flown in 1844? wow. tats amazin lol lol
About the BRUSTER buffalo
No mention of the world's 1st Jet fighter??
He ranked the P51 D 7th.. saying it could only fly up to 14,000. uh try 42,000 feet and that fighter was the very best in the war. American plane, even with the Allison was not bad. Once combined with the Rollys Royce engine, it became legendary and helped win the war. 7th? 15,000 feet? oh brother The Corsair was a very excellent fighter and also fought in the Korean war. World war 2 Baa Baa Blacksheep
No: P51 40900ft not 42000ft