Best warbird name ever!

[262crew]

I love this name!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_public_ ... 794458300/
Got one better?

[The Inspector]

Post WW1 British Nieuport Nightjar
'this thing flies like crap!!!!

[Dan Johnson II]

I've never seen a more appropriate warbird nose art than this one.

"The Enchantress"

If that doesn't cover what these birds have done to me for the last 45 years, nothing does.

[JohnB]

Post WW1 British Nieuport Nightjar
'this thing flies like crap!!!!

Fairey Flycatcher,
Parnell Possum & Pixie,
Sopwith Cuckoo,
Hawker Hedgehog & Hoopoe
Pre-war Britain had a bunch of great names...designed to strike laughter into the hearts of foes.

Dauntless, Invader, Vindicator, were great names. Flying Fortress, was a bit hokey, but good for PR.

[SaxMan]

Even though it's pretty well documented that the "Middle River Stump Jumper" was scrapped, I'm still holding out hope that it's tucked away in the back of a junkyard in the Baltimore area....right alongside the Martin Baltimore that was used as an instructional airframe at a local trade school. One can always dream....

[Dan K]

Post WW1 British Nieuport Nightjar
'this thing flies like crap!!!!

Pre-war Britain had a bunch of great names...designed to strike laughter into the hearts of foes...

Agreed. The fearsome-sounding Hawker Tomtit comes to mind...a name that conjures nightmare images of this particularly-loathsome bird of prey:

[JFS61]

FW-190 Wurger (Butcher Bird)

[JFS61]

Double post.

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[dhfan]

To be fair the Hawker Tomtit as a trainer didn't really have have any foes to strike fear into. If we're including trainers (well - a trainer) the Reid and Sigrist Snargasher has to be up there.

Not forgetting the first suggested name for the Spitfire was the Supermarine Shrew. Doesn't have the same ring somehow.

[raconnel]

Don't forget the fearsome Gloster Gnatsnapper!

[p51]

I've always been partial to this one:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-air-force/B24-nose.html

[maxum96]

Here's my submission

[wendovertom]

My favorite is "Strange Cargo" - 509th CG silverplate B-29.

Tom P.

[54H60]

I think the Ready 4 Duty name and artwork is quite appropriate. Of course the politically correct further explanation as that it is on an R4D airplane.

[The Inspector]

So, that's your game EH? Then just let me say this about that-
R4Q-2 'please call the tower after shutdown'

GOOGLE R4Q-2