Corsair Aircraft

Best Us fighter aircraft of World War II?

Hello, which World war II us fighter made most impact on enemy and changed the war? My personal view is F-6 Hellcat or F-4 Corsair terrorised pasific sky and smashed Japanese navy. On the another hand there is mighty P-47 Thunderbold(grandfather of A-10 Thunderbolt today) and P-51 Mustang which surpressed Luftwaffe fighters...i can't decide..but i think F-4 Corsair or F-6 Hellcat made most job and many kills..

The only world war II us fighter made most impact on enemy and changed the war is the P-51 Mustang. It is one of the key reasons due to which US won the air war over Europe. When the US 8th Air-Force was based in England, they raided Germany in daylight with fighter escort till france. They suffered terrible losses over a place named scweinfurt (over 15% planes failed to return) during a raid. The 8th air force was crippled. That was until the P-51 entered the scenario. Since built to British specifications, it was fitted with a liquid cooled Rolls royce Merlin engine which was fitted to the Spitfire. The result was a plane which had the agility and the firepower of a fighter and the long range of a bomber. Fitted with drop tanks it could make a round trip from england to poland with ease. US bomber losses at the hands of the fockewolf-190's and Me-109's went down sharply as the Mustang was far more faster and agile than them. Bombers could now penetrate far deeper enabling the 8th to cripple and shut down most of germany's depleted industry. The mustangs were also effective in strafing attacks of their own. They could be fitted with rockets for attack pinpoint attack on convoys, railway stations etc. At the end, in the european theatre, the Mustang group of fighters accounted for the most kills. In the pacific, Mustangs came late into the picture but they served as good escorts for the superfortresses as well. But i will agree that in the pacific theatre F-4 Corsair and F6F-Hellcat were the feared ones. Among the japs, the Corsair was known as the Whistling death. But then, the germans were the more deadly foe and overall the mustang wins over all fighters due its speed, agility and UNCOMPARABLE range

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