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Old 17th May 2017, 15:07
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Airplane of the year

Good afternoon Gentlemen,

this is simply an opinion thread.
In my personal opinion the most impressive military airplanes of the WW2 calendar years were:
  • 1939: Ju 87 Stuka (Blitzkrieg)
  • 1940: Hurricane (Battle of Britain)
  • 1941: Bf 109 (Barbarossa)
  • 1942: SBD Dauntless (scourge of the carriers)
  • 1943: Fw 190 (claim records on the Eastern front)
  • 1944: P-51 Mustang (deep into the Third Reich)
  • 1945: B-29 Superfortress (inferno)
  • aircraft of the war: Il-2 Shturmovik (victory through tenacity)
Have a nice Tuesday,

Michael
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Re: Airplane of the year

Good evening Gentlemen,

check out the planes of the top-scoring pilot of each year in which kills were scored:
1914 Morane-Saulnier Type L
1915 Fokker E.I & Bristol Scout
1916 Albatros D.II
1917 Albatros D.III
1918 SPAD S.XIII
1919 Sopwith Camel & Nieuport 23 & 2 x SPAD S.VII
1920 Nieuport 23 & Nieuport 24bis
1921 Airco DH.9
1922 Ansaldo SVA.5 & 2 x SPAD S.XIII
1929 Vought O2U Corsair &
1932 Vickers Type 143 & Potez 25 & 2 x Nakajima A1N & Boeing P-12
1933 Vickers Type 143
1934 Curtiss P-6 & Curtiss-Wright Osprey CW-14
1936 Fiat CR.32
1937 Polikarpov I-16
1938 Messerschmitt Bf 109 & Mitsubishi A5M
1939 Nakajima Ki-27
1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109
1941 Messerschmitt Bf 109
1942 Messerschmitt Bf 109
1943 Focke-Wulf Fw 190
1944 Messerschmitt Bf 109
1945 Focke-Wulf Fw 190
1948 Supermarine Spitfire
1949 Supermarine Spitfire
1950 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15/MiG-15bis & Yakovlev Yak-9
1951 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
1952 North American F-86 Sabre
1953 North American F-86 Sabre
1954 2 x Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis & North American F-86 Sabre
1955 Gloster Meteor
1956 Dassault Mystère
1957 2 x Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis & 2 x SNCASE Mistral
1958 North American F-86 Sabre
1959 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
1960 Dassault MD 315 Flamant
1961 Lockheed T-33
1962 Republic F-84
1963 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 & 2 x Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 & Dassault Mirage III
1964 North American T-28 & Hawker Hunter
1965 North American F-86 Sabre
1966 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
1967 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
1968 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
1969 Vought F4U Corsair
1970 Dassault Mirage III
1971 5 x Hawker Hunter & ???
1972 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
1973 IAI Nesher
1974 Dassault Mirage III
1975 Aero L-29
1976 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
1977 Northrop F-5
1979 McDonnell Douglas F-15
1980 Northrop F-5
1981 Grumman F-14
1982 General Dynamics F-16
1983 Grumman F-14
1984 Grumman F-14 & McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
1985 Aermacchi MB-326
1986 General Dynamics F-16 & Grumman F-14
1987 Grumman F-14
1988 General Dynamics F-16 & Grumman F-14
1989 General Dynamics F-16 & 2 x Grumman F-14
1990 Dassault Mirage F.1
1991 McDonnell Douglas F-15
1992 General Dynamics F-16
1994 General Dynamics F-16
1995 2 x Dassault Mirage F.1 & IAR Kfir & 2 x General Dynamics F-16
1996 Dassault Mirage 2000
1999 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 & McDonnell Douglas F-15
2001 Shenyang J-8
2017 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18
2019 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
2022 Sukhoi Su-35

Have a good start into the weekend,

Michael
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