Marines and the Royal, Royal Australian and Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Forces. Produced by a company owned by an aviation consultant to the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics, this underperforming carrier-based fighter earned a disastrous reputation with the U.S. Clifton trains in a Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo in August 1942. Here, then, is a modest proposal for such a list, the sort on which nobody ever wants to be included. And there can always be unknown factors no designer could have predicted that can derail a design that looks great on paper. Others suffered from the use of substandard materials in their construction. Some of these airplanes were already obsolescent before they rolled off the production line. While it may be true that no one sets out to design a bad airplane, factors outside a designer’s control can lead to unsatisfactory results. Not so many have tried compiling a list of the worst fighters from the conflict, even though there are plenty of airplanes that could be nominated, from many different countries. Others might cite Germany’s revolutionary Me-262 jet fighter, or Britain’s Supermarine Spitfire. Fast, technologically advanced airplanes like the P-51 Mustang or the P-38 Lightning are almost certain to make such lists. Plenty of authors have expounded their own views of what were the best fighters of World War II. The 10 Worst WW2 Fighter Planes, From Bad Designs to, Well, Worse Close
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