What was the fastest prop fighter in World War II?
The Dornier Do 335 was one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft ever flown. The Germans claimed that a pilot flew a Do 335 at a speed of 763 km/h (474 mph) in level flight at a time when the official world speed record was 755 km/h (469 mph). Over the next few months, W4050 surpassed this estimate, easily beating the Spitfire Mk. II in tests at RAF Boscombe Down in Wiltshire in February 1941, reaching a top speed of 392 mph (631 km/h) at 22,000 ft (6,700 m), compared to a top speed of 360 mph (580 km/h) at 19,500 ft (5,900 m) for the Spitfire.The Mosquito proved its speed in January 1941, when it reached a top speed of 392 mph (631 km/h), flying 32 mph (51 km/h) faster than the Spitfire Mk. II it was racing against. Later versions could reach a top speed of up to 415 mph (668 km/h), making it one of the fastest propeller-driven planes of the war.
Which WWII fighter had the largest propeller?
On this day in 1940, the Vought XF4U-1 Corsair prototype made its first flight. At the time, it had the largest engine driving the biggest propeller ever flown on a fighter aircraft. The Tempest emerged as one of the most powerful fighters of World War II and at low altitude was the fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft of the war. Painting of two Tempest aircraft attacking a V-1 flying bomb in the sky above an Oasthouse.