What was the best looking fighter and bomber of WW2?

[Wacky Racer]

I'll go for:-

Fighter:- Either North American P51D Mustang or Spitfire Mk 1X

Bomber:- USAF B29 Superfortress.

Edited by Wacky Racer on Monday 27th April 16:54

[tr7v8]

Fighter: Mosquito
Bomber: Lancaster

[mcdjl]

Fighter: DH Mosquito
Bomber: DH Mosquito

[Wacky Racer]

mcdjl said:

Fighter: DH Mosquito
Bomber: DH Mosquito

[motomk]

Beaufighter, like an old school A10!

Focke-wulf FW190

and a Hellcat

[aeropilot]

mcdjl said:

Fighter: DH Mosquito
Bomber: DH Mosquito

+1

[Pothole]

Stuka

Zero

[conkerman]

My Word. How to choose.

Hawker Tempest
F7F Tigercat.
Me262
And the Mosquito Obvs.

[Flying Phil]

aeropilot said:

mcdjl said:

Fighter: DH Mosquito
Bomber: DH Mosquito

+1

+ another 1

[RobXjcoupe]

Not choosing a spitfire, p51d mustang, Lancaster or mosquito.
F4u Corsair,

B25 Mitchell

The brave lads on the Doolittle raid

Edited by RobXjcoupe on Monday 27th April 18:23

[Ayahuasca]

I am going for well proportioned, streamlined, flowing and graceful. So:

Early Spitfire (short nosed and before the clipped or pointy wings and tail).

Mosquito.

[Daveb257]

I’m thinking Airacobra for fighter and again Mosquito

[anonymous-user]

Fighter: Spitfire
Bomber: AW Whitley

[Tony1963]

P-38 Lightning

Mosquito

[Wacky Racer]

Tony1963 said:

P-38 Lightning

Mosquito

Funnily enough I watched a P38 documentary last night:-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eq86xuVGW8

[Simpo Two]

P-51D and Mosquito here.

I'll add Catalina as best looking flying boat.

[Eric Mc]

Looks are 100% subjective. So everybody will have a different view.

The Spitfire will always be up there in the looks department. And I have always liked the more pugnacious Griffon powered versions, such as the Mk XIV -



Bombers tend to be less aesthetic because they are bigger and slower. I always thought that the Heinkel He111 was quite a handsome aeroplane, even if it was a bit of sitting duck against decent opposition -

[Mr E]

Inability to comprehend thread title - redacted.

Quoted below for your amusement.

Edited by Mr E on Monday 27th April 17:51

[aeropilot]

Mr E said:

Ayahuasca said:

I am going for well proportioned, streamlined, flowing and graceful.

I’m not.


Stunning in a 60’s applied mathematics kind of a way.

Someone didn't read the thread title......

[Eric Mc]

You can see why nobody attacked the Swedes.