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As many of you may know by my previous posts, I am a very fascinated by and invested in world war 2 history. I am forever awe stricken by the enthralling tales of all the brave, legendary heroes who fought together for the greater good of the free world against the vile clutches of evil tyranny and the Axis Power's lust for domination. Through blood and tears, they banned together as a brotherhood to take on the greatest and most important task ever completed by humans. No greater generation of men will ever exist on this earth. I often times stare at the beautiful red, white and blue flag. I think of the sacrifices. I owe everything from the air I breathe, to the smiles and memories of my childhood to every easter dinner with my family. Every happy moment. To all those brave men. And I study and pay respects at a WW2 museum in my home town very often. As the great George Santayana stated. "Those who cannot remember the past, are doomed to repeat it" May we never forget the blood stained sands of Omaha beach, the souls lost in every concentration camp but most especially the lives liberated, the families reunited, and the lives saved by the heroes before us and the ones overseas today. God bless you all.
Both of my great grandfathers fought in WW2. One was shot down in a B-24 liberator and was captured as a POW. I met him although very young. I know have pieces of the plane that were uncovered in a expidition a few years back. My other great grandfather sadly died before I was born. But was also a decorated War Hero who was given the purple heart. He fought at Kasserine Pass. He told my dad many stories that were relayed to me as a kid. Very heart warming and humbling stories of peril but most of all strength and kindness. Both on and off the battlefield he put his effort into being the hand to lift someone up from the mud. And to be the one to stand for what was right and help the helpless.
I am getting off topic of the title but in short, WW2 is very important to me. And studying the history and appreciating it's importance keeps me in touch with myself. I know it is important to many of you as well. I collect WW2 memorabilia (As much as I can afford anyway lol) And my favorite gun is my M1 Garand. Which I have posted before.
But lately I have been collecting die cast replicas of WW2 planes. Most of which by the Corgi company. Also Tanks, Half Tracks and Other War Trucks.
Which brings me to the title question. A question I can never seem to keep 1 answer to from day to day lol. It's just so difficult. Like picking between children. The wonderful birds of the sky. And their are so many iconic aircrafts that soared the war torn skies in the allied victory. Without the mechanical excellence of some of these planes. The war would have been lost. From the battle of midway to the battle of Britain. A great portion of our success came from well designed and fantastically piloted crafts.
Which WW2 aircraft is your personal favorite?
I very much so love the FG1D Corsair. Produced by GoodYear. Also the iconic Vaught F4U-Corsair
The paint scheme, it's battle brilliance and how efficiently all Corsairs took out Jap Zeros. (12:1 ratio) But I think my heart will always belong to the iconic, one and only.
P51-D Mustang.
The look of American beauty. Each Rivot is like a stitch in the American flag. It represents everything we revere in American engineering. Grit, moxie, dependability and efficiency. Although purpose built war machines. Their is a certain beauty to the growl of the Packard Engine. The stripe package and signified D- Day crafts is especially nice looking. And the sillouette is incredible.
The messerschmitt ME-109 is universally cool too. But I'm no Kraut lover
Thanks for sharing everyone. I am very interested to hear what everyone elses picks are. Choosing just 1 WW2 plane is hard with so many amazing machines. I know my picks are pretty common choices. Many other planes are incredible too. But these 2 stand at the top for me.
I didn't know if this belonged in off topic, but off topic seemed more for odd ball stuff not related to guns and since planes had guns on them and did shoot. I figured it was more general discussion.
As many of you may know by my previous posts, I am a very fascinated by and invested in world war 2 history. I am forever awe stricken by the enthralling tales of all the brave, legendary heroes who fought together for the greater good of the free world against the vile clutches of evil tyranny and the Axis Power's lust for domination. Through blood and tears, they banned together as a brotherhood to take on the greatest and most important task ever completed by humans. No greater generation of men will ever exist on this earth. I often times stare at the beautiful red, white and blue flag. I think of the sacrifices. I owe everything from the air I breathe, to the smiles and memories of my childhood to every easter dinner with my family. Every happy moment. To all those brave men. And I study and pay respects at a WW2 museum in my home town very often. As the great George Santayana stated. "Those who cannot remember the past, are doomed to repeat it" May we never forget the blood stained sands of Omaha beach, the souls lost in every concentration camp but most especially the lives liberated, the families reunited, and the lives saved by the heroes before us and the ones overseas today. God bless you all.
Both of my great grandfathers fought in WW2. One was shot down in a B-24 liberator and was captured as a POW. I met him although very young. I know have pieces of the plane that were uncovered in a expidition a few years back. My other great grandfather sadly died before I was born. But was also a decorated War Hero who was given the purple heart. He fought at Kasserine Pass. He told my dad many stories that were relayed to me as a kid. Very heart warming and humbling stories of peril but most of all strength and kindness. Both on and off the battlefield he put his effort into being the hand to lift someone up from the mud. And to be the one to stand for what was right and help the helpless.
I am getting off topic of the title but in short, WW2 is very important to me. And studying the history and appreciating it's importance keeps me in touch with myself. I know it is important to many of you as well. I collect WW2 memorabilia (As much as I can afford anyway lol) And my favorite gun is my M1 Garand. Which I have posted before.
But lately I have been collecting die cast replicas of WW2 planes. Most of which by the Corgi company. Also Tanks, Half Tracks and Other War Trucks.
Which brings me to the title question. A question I can never seem to keep 1 answer to from day to day lol. It's just so difficult. Like picking between children. The wonderful birds of the sky. And their are so many iconic aircrafts that soared the war torn skies in the allied victory. Without the mechanical excellence of some of these planes. The war would have been lost. From the battle of midway to the battle of Britain. A great portion of our success came from well designed and fantastically piloted crafts.
Which WW2 aircraft is your personal favorite?
I very much so love the FG1D Corsair. Produced by GoodYear. Also the iconic Vaught F4U-Corsair
The paint scheme, it's battle brilliance and how efficiently all Corsairs took out Jap Zeros. (12:1 ratio) But I think my heart will always belong to the iconic, one and only.
P51-D Mustang.
The look of American beauty. Each Rivot is like a stitch in the American flag. It represents everything we revere in American engineering. Grit, moxie, dependability and efficiency. Although purpose built war machines. Their is a certain beauty to the growl of the Packard Engine. The stripe package and signified D- Day crafts is especially nice looking. And the sillouette is incredible.
The messerschmitt ME-109 is universally cool too. But I'm no Kraut lover
Thanks for sharing everyone. I am very interested to hear what everyone elses picks are. Choosing just 1 WW2 plane is hard with so many amazing machines. I know my picks are pretty common choices. Many other planes are incredible too. But these 2 stand at the top for me.
I didn't know if this belonged in off topic, but off topic seemed more for odd ball stuff not related to guns and since planes had guns on them and did shoot. I figured it was more general discussion
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