Which was the fastest propeller driven aircraft during the second world war?
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DO 335 Dornier Pfeil
474 MPH!
i think it was the mosquito {spelling ]
I think it was the Hurricane.
P-51 Mustang.
440 MPH.
I think it was the P-51 Mustang. I'm gonna go check some details to confirm.
wasnt it the Supermarine Seafang/Spiteful
The aircraft that held the world record (1939) for piston-prop planes during world war two was the Me 209 (470mph). The record was not broken until 1969 by the F8F 'Rare Bear'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/me_209.
For operational aircraft I believe it was the Mustang, but there were several prototypes and test aircraft that were faster (like the Do 335 push-pull fighter, some experimental P-47s, etc)
Almost certainly I would think it was the GERMAN STUKA DIVE BOMBER.
Fokker Wolf was the fastest propeller(fighter plane) but the Messerschmitt 262 was the fastest, first jet plane that came out towards the end of the second world war, The Mosquito was the fastest surveillance plane, it was a spy plane and therefore had no guns just cameras and was made of wood.!
p-51 mustang
The P-51 Mustang as modified by RAF with the Rolls-Royce engine.
The FAI credited a B-29 with an official speed record of 369.69 mph (594.96 km/h) on 17 May 1946
The person that said the Dornier Do335 Pfiel (Arrow) is correct. That was an operational fighter, As for modified operational piston engined fighters, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, specially modified of course, recorded a speed of 505 mph, IN LEVEL FLIGHT, in August 1944. Not in a dive, but straight and level.
Kyushu J7W
Maximum speed 469 mph
P-51 was a mean one
p51 mustang, but only after the brits gave it a rolls royce merlin engine..
There is a documented case of a Spitfire that broke the soundbarrier whilst in a dive,perhaps another person could verify this as I am curious myself.
hawker sea fury, although never used operationally, either that or the bearcat.
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