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| Which was best 2 engined fighter in Europe in WWII... |
| P-38 |
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20% |
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| Me-110 |
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2% |
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| Me-262 |
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12% |
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| Meteor |
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10% |
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| Mosquito |
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53% |
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Post subject: Which was most effective 2 engined fighter in WWII Europe?
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Which aircraft was the most effective twin engined fighter in the European Theater in WWII...
Which of these aircraft...
P-38
Me-110
Me-262
Meteor
Mosquito
Cast your vote and post your opinion...
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I put P-38. This makes sense because the P-38 was not only used in Europe, but in the Pacific which means the time that it was in service was greater than the other planes. I am not sure however of the Mosquito or the Meteor... The Me-110 might have been used during the Spanish Civil War but I'm not sure. I'd put my money (proverbial) on the good ol' Lightning.
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| Wed Mar 23 17:22:15 2005 |
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"effective"? effective at what? kill loss ratio? Sortie rate? what?
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| Wed Mar 23 17:23:51 2005 |
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Darn, misread that... Only in europe. Still I'm putting my money on the Lightning.
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| Wed Mar 23 17:32:02 2005 |
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| kaptor wrote: | | "effective"? effective at what? kill loss ratio? Sortie rate? what? |
effective = overall performance = kill ratio, loss rate, fighter/bomber performance, speed, reliability all combined...
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| Wed Mar 23 18:02:54 2005 |
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| radical_D wrote: | Darn, misread that... Only in europe. Still I'm putting my money on the Lightning.
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Yup you got to read those details Rad... Especially in my polls! 
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| Wed Mar 23 18:03:32 2005 |
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oh then it's easy Meteor, even "shot down" some buzz bombs with no working guns lol
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| Wed Mar 23 18:07:18 2005 |
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Meteor was never used in air to air combat and never carried a bombload...
Its great claim to fame was shooting down unarmed buzz bombs.
And even the Spitfire did the wing tipup maneuver on the V-1 to destabilize it and crash it...
Its engines were also very unreliable and prone to failures...
On the whole I would have to say it was the least effective of all the aircraft in the list...
But then again that is just my opinion... So what the hey! 
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| Wed Mar 23 18:14:34 2005 |
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| CAG Hotshot wrote: | Its great claim to fame was shooting down unarmed buzz bombs.
And even the Spitfire did the wing tipup maneuver on the V-1 to destabilize it and crash it...
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What is this "buzz bomb" you speak of?
And "wingtip maneuver?" I don't like the sound of that  
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| Wed Mar 23 19:16:46 2005 |
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the V-1 buzz bombs that the Nazis launched at England. The Hispano-Suizza ( spelling) cannons on the Meteor were tremendously unreliable and on several occasions they had to just fly up alongside the flying bombs and tip them with thier wings to make them go out of control and crash because the Meteors guns were all jammed lol.
| Quote: | | On the whole I would have to say it was the least effective of all the aircraft in the list... |
you fell for that one hook line and sinker, lol 1 down four left to choose from
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| Wed Mar 23 19:24:34 2005 |
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wow you would think that would make the bird go out of control too!
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| Wed Mar 23 19:31:40 2005 |
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| kaptor wrote: | ...
| Quote: | | On the whole I would have to say it was the least effective of all the aircraft in the list... |
you fell for that one hook line and sinker, lol 1 down four left to choose from |
Ok, you lost me on that one... 
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| Wed Mar 23 19:34:59 2005 |
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Ok, the answer is...
(And none ofyou got it...)
The Me-110!!!!!!!!
Yes I know, its hard to believe...
But the Me-110 in Europe was the most effective and most diverse twin engined fighter...
Its use as...
1) Day long range escort
2) Day Fighter bomber
3) Day Light Bomber
4) Day Recon Fighter
5) Day Bomber interceptor
6) Night Fighter
7) Night Bomber interceptor
 Night Bomber
The Me-110 obtained more kills, more destroyed enemy targets, and more sorties then any of the other aircraft on the list...
Who would of thought?!?!? 
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| Sat Apr 2 1:08:18 2005 |
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plus it had the advantage of getting sliced and diced by any REAL fighter, like most of the "destroyers" other than the p-38 which kind of stradled the destroyer/fighter line.
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| Sat Apr 2 2:53:40 2005 |
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Yes, it was not an effective day fighter... It could not stand toe to toe with the Spitfire and barely with the Hurricane...
As a result it was pulled from day escort duties and assigned fighter bomber and light bomber duties ...
Unfortunately it was one hell of a night fighter and obtained more night bomber kills then all other night fighters combined...
It was also effective at killing B-17s prior to the introduction of the P-51 Mustang...
It was the old proverb about being able to do many jobs, but being expert at none of them...
The P-38 would have beat it hands down in all missions if it had not been first limited in numbers in the European Theater, and then pulled all togehter...
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