[Epapazian]

Many WW II aircraft were given nicknames by their manufacturers, those who operated them and, of course, by their opponents. Often, these were simply descriptive, but many were distinctly unflattering. Some examples are: P-47 "The Jug", B-17 "Flying Fortress, P-38 "Forked-tail Devil, F4U "Whistling Death", C-47 Gooney Bird", SB2C "The Beast", B-26 "The Widow-maker", Beaufighter "Whispering Death", Short Sunderland "The Flying Porcupine", JU-52 "Tante Ju", DO-17 "Flying Pencil", FW-190 "Butcher Bird", HE-177 "Fire Lighter", IL-2 "Flying Tank" I-16 "Rata", and Betty "Flying Cigar". Which of these or any others you prefer to cite, were the most appropriate nicknames for warbirds of that era? I'm sort of partial to "The Jug", but "Flying Porcupine" was another apt moniker.

[jim]

How about String Bag for the Swordfish. Named so because it could carry most things just like a string back in fact!

[flyXwire]

Fw-190 = "Butcher Birds" has a nice ring to it, doncha think?
Typhoons = "Tank Busters" synonymous with "Flying Can Openers" with the modern A-10!

[Cavtanker]

How about Son of a ***** 2nd Class for the SB2C?

[Shamrock]

Shagbat (true) for the Supermarine Walrus. Shag has arather rude meaning this side of the pond!!

[Ara1]

I like Skytrain.

And Flying Pencil.

[STARMAN 352ND]

I have always loved the F4U Corsair "Whistling Death" it my favorite one.

F-16 Viper is cool....Did you know some pilots called the F-14 Tomcat a "Turkey"...Yep that was it's nick name.
Because of its ungainly, turkey-like look when landing on aircraft carriers.
JP

[Louie]

I always thought "buzz bomb" was a cool name. Hey it flew anyway...............

[parsig9]

P-61 Black Widow seems pretty fitting. What a wicked sucker.....

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by Shamrock

...Shag has a rather rude meaning this side of the pond!!

...Yep, we saw Austin Powers.....It was like shagadelic, baby