The Best Axis Fighter – Flight Journal goes out on a limb

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In the six years of World War II, Allied airmen flew against a huge variety of Axis aircraft: from biplanes to rocket fighters and everything in between. A quick check of front-line Luftwaffe aircraft shows 35 types, from Arado floatplanes to Ta-152s derived from the Fw 190. Japan was even more varied: the Allies assigned 120 aircraft code names, from Adam (a Nakajima seaplane fighter) to Zeke (the Mitsubishi Zero). The criteria The Axis powers...

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