quiz to pass time

[corbulo]

1- what was most produced aircraft of WW2?
2- japanese name for allied codename "frank"?
3- what japanese battleship sunk at 2nd (naval) battle of guadalcanal?
4- american commander at 2nd (naval) battle of guadalcanal? where was he eventually killed?
5- what was ijn successor plane to a6m?
6- IJAF successor to ki-43?

Just some questions to pass the time until "it" happens!

[corbulo]

correction to question 4:

who was american commander at battle of Cape Esperance who was later killed at 2nd naval battle of guadalcanal?

[byron13]

Without having any reference material at hand, I'm only going to make a WAG at number one: the C-47?

As for number two, I'll guess Frankmaru, Frank-san, or Most Honorable Frank. And what kind of a name is "Hamp" anyway? "Hi, my name is Hamp?"

[mdiehl]

I'll venture into the WAG land

1. The B24, unless you mean "most produced of a WW2 type" in which case it might be the F4U (which ran into the 1950s).

2. Thunderbolt?

3. Ainsworth?

4. A6M/5? Seriously, the IJN did not field a competant sucessor.

5. Ki-61?

[mogami]

Originally posted by corbulo
1- what was most produced aircraft of WW2?
2- japanese name for allied codename "frank"?
3- what japanese battleship sunk at 2nd (naval) battle of guadalcanal?
4- american commander at 2nd (naval) battle of guadalcanal? where was he eventually killed?
5- what was ijn successor plane to a6m?
6- IJAF successor to ki-43?

Just some questions to pass the time until "it" happens!

1. Most produced aircraft of all time, IL-2 Sturmovik (over 36,000)
2. Hayate Ki-84
3. KIRISHIMA
4. Callaghan and Scott
5. A7M Reppu
6. Ki-61 Hein

[ratster]

For number one I would guess the Me(Bf) 109, I as I recall they built something like 35,000 of these (all variants). Don't have the reference books anymore though.

[Ron Saueracker]

1) don't know, but ME 109 sounds about right.
2) KI-84
3)KIRISHIMA
4)Norman Scott...by 8" shells from USS San Francisco, his old flagship at Cape Esperance
5)an improved variant with more HP, don't no if new name was used
6)KI-44 TOJO

[ratster]

LOL! Didn't see your post when I posted, Mogami. I always forget about those Russians, they did build lots of everything.

[Ron Saueracker]

Didn't see your post either.

[corbulo]

Here is what I came up with (as others said above). Although I need to go back and read about Callaghan and IL-2 Sturmovik.

1- B-24 (till 1945), if after 1945 and ww2 plane then Corsair(as mdiehl said)
2- Hayate (or Hien) ki-84 (trans- hurricane (or flying swallow))
3- Kirishima
4- Norman Scott (i need to check about Callaghan as well)
5-the answer is debatable (J2M RAIDEN)
6-the answer is debatable(KI-44 hayabusa(peregrine falcon),
codename TOJO.

References: Fighting Aircraft of World War II by Bill Gunston (answers to 1, 5 and 6, but as others have said, no replacement was produced in sufficient numbers)
Fire in the Sky by Eric Bergerund
The Pacific War by John Costello

its been fun!

[mogami]

Callaghan was also killed at this battle,
Was the J2M a carrier plane?
Tojo yes I reversed them the Tony was a bomber interceptor.

[corbulo]

Originally posted by Mogami
Was the J2M a carrier plane?

No, it was not(see www.combinedfleet.com).
So I guess it did not fulfill functions of the a6m.

[Sir George Head]

I think Mogami is right with point one. It was the Il2... its subvariant il10 was also in production after WW2

[corbulo]

Several people brought up other answers that i researched last night. Here are the corrections:

1- Il-2 Sturmovik
2- Delete Hien (this was Ki-61) Swallow, and not a code name for ki-84
4- the question is wrong. Question should have been
"who commanded at cape esperance october 11th battle who has later killed at battle of friday the 13th of november? "
norman scott commanded the naval engagement "battle of cape esperance" he had 4 cruisers and 5 destroyers. (I see that Ron Saueracker got it 100% correct!)

I used 2 additional reference books:
Aircraft of WW2 by Chris Chant
Guadalcanal by Richard Frank (this book is impressive in its detail)