I am an RAF fan for sure. Japan's sucked!
Just to throw in a red herring away from the big 4 I would nominate the Finnish Airforce as maybe the best small airforce of WW2.
Very efficient little organisation that one.Punched well above their weight.Kept the Soviet's on their toes thats for sure.
Cheers
Dave
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Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Hmm...Aircraft.....Fighters or Bombers? The American Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress were 2 frighteningly effective and functional war machines. Any of the Grumman "Cats" were highly respected by the enemy, but the Hellcat was always a favorite of mine. And, of course, the Boeing B-29 "Super Fortress" goes without saying. Not slighting anything the Brits put up or anyone else, of course-they all pretty well did their jobs, but the Cats and the Forts sure did theirs with gusto.
Here is an excellent site for WWII aircraft-it lists an amazing 352 different planes.
WW2 Aircraft
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
EDIT: I would say US
Regards,
Corey
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"none of the losing nations were ever wholly defeated in the air."
You've overlooked the mighty Air Force of Mussolini, Corey.....as I recall, it got pretty well smacked....In fact, Ethiopian spear throwing tribesman actually managed to bring down some of their fighter planes...
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
This was my logic Corey
The German and Japanese airforces were decimated by late 1944.Most of the experienced pilots and aircrew were in the ground by then and replacements were second rate by comparison.Germany and Japan could not defend it's airspace due to this.This rules out both.
The RAF whilst a most efficent and effective AF did not have the size to be a war winner alone.(Harris would disagree with me).
This leaves the US.The worlds largest WW2 AF,good quality airframes, quality highly trained aircrew,good organisation and tactics,both at a tactical and stratigic level.
None of the others had all these factors combined IMO.
Cheers
Dave
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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