the British hawker hurricane, it shot down the most planes then any others in ww2. The p51 which was only good at long range and was used late in the war to escort US bombers
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Radar technology had been around before world war 2 if I'm correct. It probably wasn't heavily used as it is today or in ww2. WW2 saw a great improvement on radar; radar saved England during WW2 because they could detect German planes before they got even close to land.
My father said he and a couple other guys shot the last plane down in Europe. He said it was 3 days after the war was over and a German plane didn't have it's landing gear down when it flew over. To show the war was over all planes would have to fly with their landing gear down. They shot some warning shots and it came back at them and they shot it down. He said it was in the Army paper "Stars and Stipes". I have been trying to find this article or paper to verify and get the story correct for my father passed away a few years ago and he told the story when we were young. If anyone can find the paper I would love to see and read it or obtain acopy of it. The Last aircraft shot down in WW2 was a Convair B-32 Dominator, shot down in 17th August, two days after the surrender, a group of A6M zeros and Shiden-kais attacked a formation of 2 B-32s on a reconnissence mission, during which one B-32 was critically damaged and made a forced crash-landing in the sea, in this attack participated two japanese Aces including the famous war-hero, Saburo-Sakai. this would be the last confirmed aircraft shot down in WW2.
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If you mean in WW2 most likely. That was his job as a pilot. He was shot down over Germany.
the British hawker hurricane, it shot down the most planes then any others in ww2. The p51 which was only good at long range and was used late in the war to escort US bombers
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There were thousands of airmen of both sides shot down in Europe in WW2.
Planes were airplanes or aircraft. Suicide planes were called "Kamikazes."
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the Berlin wall and its fighter planes in WW1 and WW2
Radar technology had been around before world war 2 if I'm correct. It probably wasn't heavily used as it is today or in ww2. WW2 saw a great improvement on radar; radar saved England during WW2 because they could detect German planes before they got even close to land.
Strategic bombing.
My father said he and a couple other guys shot the last plane down in Europe. He said it was 3 days after the war was over and a German plane didn't have it's landing gear down when it flew over. To show the war was over all planes would have to fly with their landing gear down. They shot some warning shots and it came back at them and they shot it down. He said it was in the Army paper "Stars and Stipes". I have been trying to find this article or paper to verify and get the story correct for my father passed away a few years ago and he told the story when we were young. If anyone can find the paper I would love to see and read it or obtain acopy of it. The Last aircraft shot down in WW2 was a Convair B-32 Dominator, shot down in 17th August, two days after the surrender, a group of A6M zeros and Shiden-kais attacked a formation of 2 B-32s on a reconnissence mission, during which one B-32 was critically damaged and made a forced crash-landing in the sea, in this attack participated two japanese Aces including the famous war-hero, Saburo-Sakai. this would be the last confirmed aircraft shot down in WW2.
In WW2 The spitfire, B-17 and Cutaway of P-51 were planes that flew in ww2this is just my knowledge please correct me if any more planes flew or if i am wrong