Top 10 Worst Planes of WW2
Here is a shortlist of, quite simply, the very worst planes used during World War 2.
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Dominic Salvatore ‘Don’ Gentile on the wing of his P-51B, ‘Shangri-La’
Blitzkrieg: The Junkers Ju 88A-1.
THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE 1939-1945. Blitzkrieg: The Junkers Ju 88A-1. The original bomber version of the highly adaptable Junkers 88 aircraft. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR CENSORSHIP BUREAU LIBRARY OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS. Source: © IWM (MH 6115)
RAF. Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4/U-1 "Condor".
RAF. Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4/U-1 "Condor" "GC+AE" (W. nr. 0137). (Heinrich Himmler's personal transport). Found intact at Achmer in 1945 and flown to Farnborough on 3 July 1945. Source: Picture by Gerald Trevor Roberts.
Heinkel He 115B-1.
German art is hung on the aircraft torpedo seaplane Heinkel He 115B-1. Source: ?
Heinkel He 111. "1H+CH", of KG 26 "Löwen".
Heinkel He 111. "1H+CH", of KG 26 "Löwen". Catalog #: 01_00081296. Source: SDASM.
Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-1 "Condor".
Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-1 "Condor" BS+AG" (W. nr. 0002) on factory airfield at Bremen - early 1940. Later this aircraft served with I./KG 40. Photo: waralbum.
Captured Mistel 1 - Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 + Junkers Ju 88A-4 with a cumulative warhead.
Captured Mistel 1 - Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 + Junkers Ju 88A-4 with a cumulative warhead. * Mistel S2 (training - in the background on left) - Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 + Junkers Ju 88G-1. Source: ©USAF.F. NARA.
Payen Pa-22