What about some consideration for the bombers of WWII? It seems to me that some credit should be given to some of those aircraft, aircraft that could be shot through and through, with major sections missing, and still bring their crews back home.
This:
(http://www.yellowairplane.com/models_bombers/images/Shackles_B-17_Flying_Fortress_Bomber_Crash.jpg)
is, according to this webpage: http://www.yellowairplane.com/models_bombers/images/Shackled_Crashed_B-17_Bomber_WW2_Okinawa.html (the actual story starts at the right side of the second photo on that page, not at the top),
a B-17 that took a direct hit from a German anti-aircraft gun, which killed one of the crew (the story says the round most likely landed in his lap, literally) and, as the image shows, blew the h*ll out of the entire nose section. Nonetheless, the remaining crew were able to fly the bomber back to base - with some assistance from a pair of P-51s - land it, and walk away alive.
This:
(http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ATT00019.jpg)
is a photograph of the tail section of the B-17 "All American" after the bomber had been attacked by a pair of German fighters after making a bombing run in North Africa. According to the story on this webpage: http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwiis-b-17-all-american-separating-fact-fiction.html , one of the German fighters was hit while it was close to the "All American" and it struck the "All American" and "tore a significant hole in the rear of the fuselage and removed the left horizontal stabilizer."
Nonetheless, the crew were able to fly the "All American" back to base and land it safely.
I suppose it depends on your perspective, but I'd rank the B-17 up there pretty high considering its ability to take such awe-inspiring damage and still bring its crews home.