RE: which country had the best fighter planes of WWII
Have had a bit of a scan through this thread but I am not going to read all of it or get into any arguments with all you (very) knowlagable aircraft affectionates. I will just chuck in my two cents worth by saying I voted for the British as they had the right machines at the right time to slow down the then unstopable Luftwaffe from allowing a fully blown water bourne invasion of the UK and so cutting off the rest of Europe. Even though I am talking about the most basic of Spitfires and Hurricanes they did the job they were designed to do. Knock E/A out of the sky and a moments notice. The later marques of these and the Mosquito nail it for me, and i'm sure you all know that the P51 was made as a result of a british specification/contract.
Brad