Comments by "Barrie Rodliffe" (@barrierodliffe4155) on "Ed Nash's Military Matters"
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Quite simply the XP 47 J was not a fighter and according to some of the people there at the time it only did about 480 mph. The Bearcat when it entered service did 421 mph so far from fast. The Tempest I was not a failure, it didn't enter service because it had one of the optional engines and the Tempest V and Tempest II were used in service. The CAC Kangaroo in 1947 was as fast as the Spitfire Mk XIV in 1943, not really impressive. The Spitfire Mk 21 did enter ervice in early 1945, but the Spitfire Mk XIV which did 447 mph in 1943 and much more by 1944 should be counted especially since it was the fastest fighter in service during the war. The Ta 152 had issues and onky just saw combat, of the 7 claims one of the pilots was credited with 3 but he said that he never shot down a single aircraft when flying the Ta 152, 3 Ta 152's were shot down by Spitfires. One Tempest crashed in a fight but the pilot was inexperienced and 2 Ta 152's were lost in the same encounter.
There was a Yak 3M 108 which with a light fuel load and no armament did 463 mph, does an unarmed aircraft count as a fighter? Also the engine overheating issues meant that only 1 hr and 17 minutes of flight testing was completed. The Shinden prototype looks like a copy of the Miles Libellula, but not a fighter. The speed for the F 4 U 4 seems a bit higher than was achieved in post war flight tests. The P 47 M may have achieved 470 mph but reliability was an issue and they were barely in the war when they had to be grounded for replacement engines, the speed with the new engines may well have been considerably lower but no one seems to know. The Hornet did enter sergvce after the war but was delayed due to DH being busy on other aircraft, the prototype achieved 485 mph during the war. The Do 335 had serious issues with overheating of the rear engine, they only got into a test squadron. The Spiteful was fast or an armed fighter so should count, Supermarine made the Attacker and the Swift which set the world air speed record but gets overshadowed by the Hawker Hunter. The P 51 H which had an estimated top speed of 487 mph but thid esd revised by NAA to 472 mph but in flight tests in 1946 and 1946 it barely did 450 mph, I am inclined to believe it could have done 472 mph if the water injection worked but Packard doesn't seem to have solved the issues. The XP 72 was another experimental aircraft so once more not a fighter. I don't count the Spiteful F XVI since it never went into production but that appliies to a number of other aircraft on this list.
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