Favorite WWII Plane?

Caddguy said
No..I think what you are thinking of is the Me-163...it was the little rocket plane that would zoom up over the bomber formations then glide down while shooting at the bombers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163

The main issue with the 262 was that the BMW-004 engines were only good for 10 hours of flight before having to be overhauled. The metals were just not up to the RPMs that they were creating and lots of cracking would be created in the turbines.

You are correct! I was thinking of the last ditch rocket plane.

caferacerx said
I think your thinking of the ME-163 rocket powered fighter very fast but only around 6 1/2 minutes of fuel

Yep, but the 262 still didn't have the range of the P-51 or P-38.

grumpuscreature said
B25 Mitchell. It not only took off from an aircraft carrier and bombed Tokyo, it got my dad through Burma and back home.

Bad *** and still considered the "Hot Rod" of bombers! Hell yes, LeMay got them to take off freakin carrier! Amazing..... If you can, thank your Dad...