Planes

[HauptmannMolders]

Ah yes the old "What plane is Best" argument. Basically there is no such thing as the best plane. There are those that are specialized and therefore better than most in one specific area and there those that were decent in all areas but not spectacular in any one area. Depending on the amount of money available to any given airforce to devolop and manufacture aircraft the big money forces like the USAAF could develop multiple spceialized aricraft whereas the Germans were somewhat limited espcially towards the end and would therefore find more value in a good all around ship. The FW190 would be a good example, a good fighter that also worked well as a ground attack aircraft. It could easily out turn a 109 but could not climb as well. Therefore the 109 worked well for guys like Hartmann who would use the dive, attack and flee tactic that the 109 excelled at, 352 kills, hard to deny it worked. The FW190 worked well for guys like Nowotny who didnt do anything spectacular in the 109 but blossomed in the 190 as he was more of a true dogfighter, 205 kills in a 190, hard to deny this works as well!

I have "favourites" as well, the Fw 190D9, the Ta 152 and pretty much any Spit but I wouldn't say anything was the best just different!