Most legendary WW2 fighters

Thanks to the movie "Battle of Britain", all the Airfix and Rewell scale models, and the Finnish editions of Commando comics, the only time I didn't sleep through history classes at school was during the courses about the World War II. And the most fascinating parts of the war were definitely the daredevilish air battles.

5. Messerschmitt Me163 Komet
I saw one of these at the Luftwaffe Museum near Berlin. It was small, ugly, ridiculous... and revolutionary! Rocket engine made it fast, but it was also unreliable and vulnerable. And what the hell was that tiny propeller in the tip of the nose for?

4. North American P-51 Mustang

One of the best planes of the war. It was faster and more agile than Messerschmitt Me 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and far superior to Mitsubishi Zero.

3. Messerchmitt Me-262

One of the first jet fighters, it was the fastest and most modern fighter of its time. Joined the air battles in May 1944, too late to make a difference.

2. Supermarine Spitfire

A war hero like no other, a genuine stuff for legends. I must have built dozens of Spitfire scale models as a kid.

1. De Havilland Mosquito

Because of the shortage of aluminium in the wartime this plane was built of plywood, thus light as a mosquito, and lightning fast too. It was used as a fighter and a pathfinder, as well as a light bomber.