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Not the Spitfire, it’s beautiful and won the Battle of Britain. Not the P-51 it’s more beautiful than the spitfire and actually won the war. Not the BF-109 it fought the entire war and held the line, it was the ace maker. Not the yak-3 the soviets stole everything they invented.

Let’s talk aviation beauty my first runner up is the P-40 Warhawk.

Not the Spitfire, it’s beautiful and won the Battle of Britain. Not the P-51 it’s more beautiful than the spitfire and actually won the war. Not the BF-109 it fought the entire war and held the line, it was the ace maker. Not the yak-3 the soviets stole everything they invented. Let’s talk aviation beauty my first runner up is the P-40 Warhawk.

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B-29 SuperFortress.

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The soviets stole it’s design. The Japanese kicked it’s ass. It was expensive, over designed, and an udder failure in battle. The US Marines had to invade an un-invadible island to secure the defense of this horrible airplane. 20,000 marines paid the price, every Japanese soldier died on this island. For what?

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Mah freedom you fuck.

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Exactly, every marine that hit the beach felt the same way. And I agree however, what motivated the jap soldier? Love for their family? Love for their country? Love for their emporer? No.

I posit that they fought for honor. They were attacked by 20,000 US Marines. No way were they going to give up.

Respect to the jap soldier

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Specifically .

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ME262

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At the right time that airplane was a war winner. P-51 pilots were scared shitless when they saw the 262. It took chuck yeagers to fight it. And even then he had to ambush them. Too little too late. However, if the Germans had rushed it into fighter production, the British had jets ready to rush to the frontlines, they were just hiding them from the dirty commies.

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The Mosquito PR (Photo Reconnisance) versions my dad flew and his nemisis the FW-190

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Your papa was the bravest of the brave. I salute you, you have his genes.

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Me-262 outclassed everything in the sky. Let’s get that out of the way. Properly introduced and manufactured it would have changed the entire war. We get it.

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Cherry blossom

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Baka bomb?

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It was the first smart bomb ;)

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Unless you were the pilot, lol.

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The Enola Gay and Bock's Car, for dropping the A-bombs on those fuckin' Japs.

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The P-40 has that big scoop on the front that makes it look like it's coming to eat you alive.

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Exactly! Aggressive yet elegant

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And when she's all dressed, a beautiful plane. https://planesoffame.org/aircraft/plane-P-40N

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Wow! I’ve never seen that before. Thank you stupidbird.

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I’ll have to admit, a P-40 pilot had to be alert and manipulate the controls to keep it flying at its best. P-51 pilots just pushed the throttle, lol!

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My third runner up is the P-38 but I’m biased. I love the USA but the Mosquito and the Me-110 oh my.

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It's not fair to play favorites. F4U, P-51, P-38, B25.

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Yes, the US built the finest but not the best. Let’s talk about that.

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