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Hawker Sea Fury is of course the best.

But you put fighters from pre-war, early-war, late-war and almost out of-war times ...

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Well, I'll go with the experts, and the historical judgement So, yes, it has to be the Mustang - the best 'all round' fighter that arrived at the right moment. Designed by the fledgling North American Aviation to a British requirement.

BTw, I notice you've allowed 'other' that can include any type? So this cannot deliver a fair vote as it is now including more than one type.

I'll be going with the MB.5. It's essentially what I always wished the Mustang to be. Have the angry growl of a Griffon, four 20mm and a contra-prop. Shame the British aircraft industry has gone down the pan since then.

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Isn`t the Bearcat the ultimate piston-powered fighter ever? Faster and more manouverable than the Hellcat. Actually, the Bearcat is the fastest piston-powered plane ever with a speed of 860 km/h for the Rare Bear racer. Only beaten by the TU-114 turboprop with 880 km/h. The standard military issue Bearcat has flown 840 km/h, that is very fast for a good armed, wello armored plane with long range capability.

F8F good armed ? no ... he have only 4x50 cals with most of his counters use 20 mm cannons. Fastes piston ? also no ... Sea Fury was better. F8F-2 max speed was 730 km/h not 840 km/h. He was not good armed, not well armored, but indeed with good range.

EDIT: models B and F-2 fly with 20 mm cannons ... and then Bearcat start to be good gun fighter.

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P-47D, the fighter that you can load down with just about any ordinance of the period.

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CAC Kangaroo just looks nice and sleek, had a decently long range(double that of the Spiteful IIRC), was fast, carried a medium payload and was developed by a nation which really wasn't doing much in combat aircraft development

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Thay got a F8F Bearcat up to 840 km/h in straight flight.

F8B.

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Only one man do that, and his plane Rare Bear was a racing mod of F8F with more powerful engine Wright R-3350. True F8F have max speed of 730 km/h.

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