How fast did planes fly in WW2?
How fast did planes fly in WW2? The maximum speeds of high-technology operational aircraft are seen to increase steadily from about 125 miles per hour in 1920 to nearly 450 miles per hour in the World War II years. The highest maximum speed shown is for the P-51D aircraft, which had a speed of 437 miles per hour at 25 000 feet.
What was the slowest fighter plane in WW2?
Most likely slowest fighters would be a biplane (triplanes were out of use after the WW I). top speed 285 km/h at ground level, 350 km/h at alt. It was used mostly during Soviet-Finnish war of 1939/1940, Finns managed to capture/restore several of them and still used them in 1941–1944.