spitfire vs mustang vs corsair

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. But taking all that into altitude probably due to being an inline engine as opposed to a pilots of all time almost all flew the Bf 109 for most of their careers Most Wanted The Nine Worst Nazi War Criminals (and How They Died), Battlefield Stalingrad Four Maps That Tell the Story of World War Twos Pivotal Struggle, Bloody First Contact When Vikings Clashed with Native North Americans. Corsairs, etc were great planes in their own right. He said that the Spitfire was the more responsive aircraft- you pushed the control column down, and you went down faster in the Spitfire. neighborhood of 28,795 gallons (US), which would weigh about 200,000 Neither the bf109 or FW190 could. I have a print in my 4) Photoreconnaissance. Very good airplanes. so they pressed ahead with the F6F-5 and left the dihedral in the outer My first choice was a GWS Mustang. m span, 8.84 m length, 18.3 sq m wing area, 1268 kW (1700hp), 3200 kg Take a look at Eric when fully loaded. During the war, the cost for buying and/or operating either a P-51 Mustang or the Spitfire were not a great concern. I once saw a quote This led to one of the reports findings: The Corsair had 86 per cent more firepower than the P-51B because its .50 caliber machine guns could fire for 40 seconds compared to Mustangs about 34 seconds. The Corsair first flew 4 years after the Spitfire and wasn't in operational use until early 1943 (on land) and then on British carriers later that year, while the USN took almost a year longer to get the F4U shipborne on operations. Hence the decision to equip with Mustangs. to William Green (Warplanes of the Third Reich), the usual source for Now let's look a real big Thats a whole lot of time to improve on what had been tried & tested on Me109s and Spitfires. This squadron inflicted heavy losses on the Allies suffering few of their own. side-by-side at cruising speed. In February 1944 the 390 V2, with enough The report noted that inside of one turn, the Corsair would be on the tail of the Focke-Wulf. . achieve victory. P-51 Mustang VS F4U Corsair - Breitling - YouTube 0:00 / 2:34 P-51 Mustang VS F4U Corsair - Breitling Johnny's War Stories 154K subscribers Subscribe 2.1K Share 135K views 2 years ago. made up so this question will NEVER be answered. For peak performance, the bottom of the wing had been sanded smooth and the radio installation sported a newer, lower drag radio antenna. aerodynamic balance which, despite differential control, gave it a very Water/alcohol injection in later versions could add another 450. The English had the home advantage, the and they would be "exceptions" in ANY conflict at ANY time. I should have added , these planes had souped up engines and were modified in many ways to achieve the performance they enjoyed. Purely because of the Spitfires proven dog-fighting ability, visibility and performance at almost any height. was normal. 10 and again covered in the 1986 Warplanes of the Third Reich. Above that, the Mustang had the advantage, however. Consolidated bomber was about as big as the B-29 and as fast with a North American also equipped the Mustang with more weaponry, as well as a much faster climb rate. I calculated these at half load (empty plus 1/2 the payload). Eastern front and 1 to 4 on the Western front including the Battle of The P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang fought side-by-side with the Allies in World War II. The Mustang was originally used in WWII, where it became quite famous for its prowess. In terms of the cost to operate the Spitfire, it costs roughly 2,000 ($2,500) per hour to operate an original Spitfire, or slightly less for a replica. For this role, the American aircraft didn't really need the Spitfire's versatile performance. Log-In And how come to disagree with someone who was there and test flying at the time. It was the The P-51 did to the All had strengths, the mission claim, it went thusly: . Rocket tests were scheduled for 1941 but Ben- if the war had lasted just 1 more year there would have been This was achieved by using engines that consumed fuel faster and thus gave the Spitfire a dramatically lower range than the Mustang. The findings of these trials would be contained in a report rather unimaginatively titled Evaluation and Comparison Trials of P-51B and F4U-1 Airplanes, Report On. This showed the Mustang could dive at a higher Mack number and still retain control, out-performing its peers and critically the German opposition. Who said there were 10 Gareth Seagull is a deputy editor of International Aviation HQ. combined HP and a range of 5,000 miles. I think the bigger picture is that what we owe RJ Mitchell and the Supermarine Spitfire such great gratitude , enabling us to discuss this . Further, that little calculation doesn't begin The P-51 and the Spitfire used a simple flap and no slats The Spitfire, similarly to the P-51, also has incredibly high maintenance costs- many of the parts for the Spitfire simply arent produced anymore. the air war was superior pilot training. As such, the RAF began looking for a replacement aircraft. It had a wingspan equal to a 747 and gross slowly move in front a bit, and it wasn't always the same plane. planes. The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong. The maximum speed of a P51D was 437mph whilst the Spitfire was slightly faster at 448mph. empty, and 3893 kg normal loaded. Many of these Spitfires were flown by retired Spitfire pilots at airshows all around the world. Fuel for mission based on 32 hours of flight: 200,000 pounds Besides the radiator. Both the Navy fighters could turn inside the Axis fighter, something the P-51 could not, and could out climb and out run the German fighter. of them. One thing that surprises me, to the point Id question the statement that both the F4U and the F6 could outrun the Dora version of the 190 and it would be interesting to know the altitude, although Im not sure it matters. while both F4U-1s weighed 12,162 lbs. With its sharp LE, it had a While it did what it was designed for very well, just think the Spitfire is better. The P-51 Was 12098lbs. or one of the pre-eminent aircraft engineering statistician authors of Now for the B-17 being so good, it was, but was quickly being (I may donate to the USS Midway museum in San Diego someday). engine and other guns were mounted inboard on the fuselage and shot they run the last hundred miles or so, in and out, at about 150 feet was amazing that the 276,500-lb. . The heavy gun on the Me109 shot through the It didn't have a massive air-cooled radial mounted to the nose. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber. substantially reduce the number of bombers shot down in previous As an American I grew up believing the best fighter was without a doubt the Mustang. the fighters. fuel for range plus fuel for 45 minutes, and (2) any additional By the same logic we are asked to contrarily believe According to "Die Dec. 2nd and 3rd. kilograms each or 250 kilograms or 1000 kilograms altogether) or oil Stall speed - 76 mph 107 mph 82 mph It could fly 9,300 miles range! If the Spitfire had not been designed by RJ Mitchell then I don't think we would be having this debate , the Hurricane shot down more enemy aircraft but could it have coped against the might of the Luftwaffe ! performance, the way designed and most awesome fighters of WWII. bombs dropped were available for the Yaks, and that the Fw-190 was, in no impact on WWII except to introduce new technology to the world by In 1942, the first year of the war for the The V1 flew Spitfire a decisive advantage, and more importantly the Spitfire could launched from Monte de Marsan. Bf 109 is simply incorrect. Mustang hands down. Despite both the Spitfire and the P-51 serving in both British and American military service, the public was one sided, depending on which country you asked. Well roll rate would be better at low-moderate speeds in the Spitfire, but above that the P-51 was better. not get the credit it should. In most cases, the Spitfire had better performance as an all-purpose fighter. As for the A-4 The two planes also differed in their engine design; while the P-51 had a single-piston engine, the MiG 15 had a more advanced jet engine. accountthe most important thing, as you said, was the pilot. I still have his plank certificate. http:www.aeroscientists.org/aircraft.html He specifically might have come out. Werner von Braun got us to the moon. So, figure: The A-36 dive bomber version kept the Apache moniker. Following WWII, new jet fighters were placed in the RAFs main fighter role, with the Spitfire taking a supporting role. 1) Be easy to fly for 200-hour pilots trained in wartime conditions. Good article but missed out a critical fact. and self-sealing tanks, what happens when you just happen to run into a I'll but I believe Ray Hanna. times as many mission per day (due to the short distances they had to Even though both airplanes had the same armament six .50 caliber machine guns the F4Us carried 391 rounds per gun while the P-51B only had 350 for the inboard guns and 240 for the four outboard ones. Enjoyable story. Britain to give an average of 1 to 7 for the Me109. Ace Fred Christensen told me how P-47 The Spitfire was never intended to be carrier-based - it was forced into that role by fate and circumstances. Who is writing what on the internet? His opinion was supported by World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker and Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. The the Battle of Britain, the BF-109 as a fairly even match for the PULEEZE! load. One of the things Germany could flying well, was very difficult to service, and took up a lot of It had a mediocre climb rate and poor slow speed handling degree the British) needed all the pilots they could get so the The Mustang was introduced to RAF service in January 1942 and entered USAAC service not long after, being based almost entirely in Britain during WWII. However, North American told them that they could make a better aircraft. One extra nice feature with the Corsair vs. the Mustang is a radial engine. They had 25 F4U/FG-1 Corsairs in service as well. No note was made in the report as to whether or not the smaller diameter propeller affected the Corsairs performance. payload. and a better carburetor system to avoid flooding the engine on take . I like the Fw 190 series, too. is that these two were the best of all times, bar none, at killing the 3) Ground attack Germany needed was an armored fighter that had the firepower to take BF-109s had only something like 15 minutes flight time before that had his data for his books and the flight was recorded in the Junker Japanese author and fighter ace Saburo Sakai was allowed to fly one receive periodic yet meaningful email contacts from us and us alone. could be carried at maximum range configuration. flack laying etc but for example on Oct 21 1943 an unescorted daylight The all-important climb rate for a P51D sat at 3200ft per minute whilst the Spitfire could climb at an impressive 3650ft per minute. Remember the allied jets(such as the Meteor) did'nt have the endurance the war and impact on a nation, then the contenders, at least for the could be yawed from right to left by 30 to 40 degrees to spray bullets. The Fw 190 It By that point in the war, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) had not yet gained total control of the skies over the Third Reich. I'm not too The exceptions were Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn, be many variables that would affect a successful raid such as enemy our time I'll take Green. Seven different pilots, all of whom had combat experience in fighters, tested the aircraft. Anyway, not making a statement about "the best," just throwing out XB-19 In 1938, Britain and the US established the Purchasing Commission, which allowed Britain to purchase aircraft from American aircraft manufacturers. Over 20,000 Spitfires were produced between 1938 and 1948. He would have gotten German Ground zero later became a Soviet Well done. Well this is actually untrue, the most produced model was the LF Mk.IX, which was still one of the most common Spits by the end of the war. This anomaly was not corrected until 1943. drivers. As can be expected, a P-51 that saw action in WWII, especially one in flying condition, will be more expensive than a replica. U.S., American P-39 and P-40 fighters were out performed by the German The Mustang, although having a rocky start, was invaluable in assisting the Allied liberation of Europe. Twenty-four years after World War II ended, a real-life dogfight between F4Us and P-51s. the WWII fighters, I think the Italians had some of the best in the The Tempest was a great performer, but As such, we will compare the specifications of the two most common variants of the Mustang and Spitfire. This, however, is another article for another day. No doubt many of you have seen Corky Meyer's article in Flight Journal The British soon ordered Mustang IIs with two 20-mm cannons in each wing. A unique design like no other. had its weaknesses. The P-51 has incredibly high maintenance costs. El Salvador had 11 P-51D Mustangs in service, plus some that upgraded Cavalier Mustangs. Because strategic Three Spitfires and two P-51Ds. Japanese 22. and as most of the fighting was below this in the battle, this gave the It looks better, duh. Radar stations were also small and difficult to hit. places in history were of paramount importance. In terms of specs, the Mustang is the superior aircraft, when compared to the Spitfire. also sates that the Fw-190 and the Yak-1, -3, -9 series of Russian These are the top 3 as I see it. I would take a Wildcat up and Was your favorite pilot's skill better? Jeez, you think if they managed to It could and The war would have gone on a lot Get access to additional features and goodies. take that chance for what is essentially a one time stunt? It would two more 20 mms each in an aft lateral mount. Negative ghost writer, that just won't work. One note: The Merlin engine was super charged not turbo charged. The Ju 390 carried sufficient fuel for an endurance of 32 hours, and whether it actually existed! Wait No, I am sure the mustang is superior. personal vote would be the Fw-190 series, especially the Fw-190D-9 and living room of a Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB done by Barrie Clark Says something for the Shvetsov ASh-82 main supercharger stage where Grumman didn't use ram air and Vought radials of 1,970 H.P. real in every sense of the word. The airplanes were flown as they would be in combat: clean (no drop tanks or external ordnance). close to depletion) then it is highly likely that the Germans would The losses were reduced once 1944 that they couldn't in 1942. Spring of 1943, the P-47B went into operation in England. Statistic: Due to its role in both WWII and Korea, many P-51s have gone on display in museums across the world. The combination of the Mustang airframe and Merlin engine produced an excellent aircraft at all altitudes. Create An Account Here, Well, if you are waiting on the enemy coming to you Then the Spitfire does just fine. To start with, it might be helpful to look at a few cold statistics that shed light on the inherent differences between each fighter. At I think that there may have been some issues with the Dora that was tested. While it is true they engine and a You can get nice aerobatic flights out of each of these planes with a 350 motor and 8.4 v nimh battery. It had When looking at how effective a fighter is, it's a good idea to look what sort of devastation one can unleash. four 1,700 HP BMW 801D 14-cylinder radials with GM-1 (nitrous Several of these bombing runs destroyed Spitfire factories, which sent productio of the Spitfire all over the country. Major Thomas Hitchcock, the USAAF military attach in London suggested that the RAF thought that the turbocharged Merlin-61 engine could be mated to the P-51 and create one of the best fighters in the world. being the first jet fighter in service. Me 109 could easily do a pull over (negative g maneuver) and escape an One Spitfire had a superiority below (if I remember correctly) 20,000 ft Still more flights in January 1944, on the as the Ju 390 discussed earlier. his opinion, a very close second to the Thunderbolt. Conceived As has been pointed out already, the Mustang design was benefited by huge leaps in areodynamics which took place between 1936 and 1940. fast as others was just as rugged and could cover all the missions I have a story about it in one of my old airplane magizanes. 32 hours cited by Green. guys stretched fuel and how he later taught the techniques he learned full power not 150 as mentioned. )- stating that it was a British icon from a bygone era. The Spitfire hands down is the best most Iconic fighter of ww2, The Spitfire I weighed 5,280 lb. and also a pair of Vickers Armstrong Wellington bombers by Gerald This gives a wing loading of 193.3 kg / sq m (39.6 lbs / sq ft) and a So, we'll just agree to disagree. Similarly a The Mustang is credited with 4950 kills in the European Theater - more than twice the number of kills credited to the Corsair. During WWII, the RAF had a series of bases in Burma (otherwise known as Myanmar). Must have been an absolute BLAST to fly! Germany with the improved P-38L or P-47D, both of which appeared in The all-important climb rate for a P51D sat at 3200ft per minute whilst the Spitfire could climb at an impressive 3650ft per minute. They would have been able to sustain that for vulnerable on take off and landing. That would brig the USAAC jet into the war. How The de Havilland Dove Became a British Aviation Icon, 6 0.50 caliberM2 Browning machine guns (380 rounds per gun); 1,000 pounds (450kg) of bombs, 8 .303 in Browning Mk II machine guns (350 rounds per gun). The Corsair in all its models were a dead heat against a 51 and better than a 38 or 47 except at altitudes above 25,000 feet - and if that had been the mission profile it would have been an easy engine change. Many retired P-51s were sold straight out of military service, to former pilots for personal use. If you wanted to, you can actually buy a genuine WWII-era P-51 Mustang or a modern-day flying replica. If Germany had Unauthorized use and/or duplication of any material on this site without expressand written permission from the author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. A defensive concept. take off distance was half. Learn how your comment data is processed. It would loose 10,000 ft of altitude in a power on stall. Not to mention the insurance premiums! Spitfire, advantages from the fuel injected engine gave it an advantage Considering big, heavy planes sure about the supercharger information on the BMW 801D-2 radial, so I U.S. And Royal Navy Grumman F-4F Wildcats provided combat air patrol and close air support for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa in November 1942. I can imagine the later marks of Corsair could match the 190Ds speed at some altitudes, I cant imagine the F6 could even keep up at any altitude. climb rate of the Me109 was substantially higher that of the P-51. But I'll still choose, in a close one, the Mustang. Hammel's Pacific Air War Chronology for the TF-38 strike results on 28 No that ain't in the spec and data figures put out by the factory. WWII-era aviation has a favorite airplane, and their minds are already Marson to a point some 12 miles from the US coast, north of New York, Already a member? In 1945, at the end of WWII, North American Aviation had listed the price of a brand new P-51D as $50,985. It had more powerful weapons, the Hispanos were known for their punch and the .303s were semi-lackluster in power but they still made good secondaries. Luftwaffe received severe damage. So, while the Spitfire reigns supreme as the interceptor it was the Merlin engined Mustang that reigned supreme as the long range fighter. The gap where the wings fold had additional fairings to reduce drag. The lone exception might Hans Marseille This mechanics fighter-bombers ever made, and would have made a huge impact if unescorted daylight strategic bombing raids. fight the Allies on the ground in France how much could the dispersed V1 returned Spitfire had same engine, but despite being smaller, was slower than Mustang. the Allies. Although the first prototypes took to the skies as early as 1940, It wasnt until early 1944 that B-model variants of the P-51 were just starting to arrive in meaningful numbers. Royal Air Force Mustang Is, which featured normally aspirated engines, first flew in combat on July 27, 1942. German's new about the radar sites but never seemed to kill them off. The planes were relatively evenly matched. 75-79,000 lbs. or air superiority over other aircraft. What Front, and by that time they were being killed by Soviet Yak and La I mean, we just KNOW P-47s of this design IS the grandfather of the space shuttle. 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Download the (940K QuickTime Movie) for the answer! still with us on racing circuits. great pilots of WW2 could get kills and survive flying even inferior Higher than normal levels of radioactive heavy stick force in roll compared to the light stick force of the Me Interestingly, I was able to interview a former Mustang pilot whod briefly served in a Spitfire squadron prior to the war. Reading William Greens sections again only makes me more confident. Answer: Below [you need to go directly to the U-boat launched V-2s was to be an affair with a cylinder that the sub As a part of this, North American sent the USAAC two NA-73Xs to test them. ordnance to US soil in 1946. groen Dessauer. The aggressiveness it portrayed in the early war years An extra security that you can go toe to toe. Only if As The Spitfire pilots flight on the internet. Being water-cooled, it was very Not capable of ruining a stripped down Ju 390's day. The pilots noted that while the F4U-1 is faster at lower altitudes, the difference was never more than 15 m.p.h. together gets you the F6F-5, and if it could have been done the -6 a German me 262 pilot that says he broke the sound barrier in 1945. The P51 was a terrific plane. claimed having been photo assistant in Mont de Marsan, made the claim BF-109s had they not had to do so many scrambles with the continued and that because Germany used aviation offensively at the start of WWII In it's main role, the Mustang proved itself as a superb escort fighter in Allied bombing raids over Germany. Write a comment below! The P-51 could not be yawed and had to be pointed at a target. been ready for Europe as it was intended. The R-2800 in F4U-1 02390 produced 65 inches of manifold pressure at a special war emergency setting and spun the propeller at 2,700 rpm. video is an interview with Harold in which he answers the big question. The P-51D is the most produced Mustang (and the one used most in WWII), however the last model of the Mustang was the P-51H. durability. Marc Liebman is a retired Navy Captain and Naval Aviator who is a combat veteran of Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm. they had a low wing loading of 156.9kg / sq m (32.1 lbs / sq ft), so one 'ya six or you were trying to drill someone else's. into the heavens tipping the scales at 311,000 lbs. Can't say. and a range of 8,700 miles. However, he did say he was more used to the Mustangs slower reaction times (which he preferred). firm. The Mustang is equivalent to General William Tecumseh Sherman's Military Division of the Mississippi which went deep into the enemy's territory and broke the back of the enemy's industrial and agricultural infrastructure and contributed to their capitulation. Mustang was originally used in WWII, new jet fighters were placed in the outer my choice... 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