OT - WWII quiz

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: ezz

I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.

JU88-G

Edit: Those things were vicious. They'd fly parallel to the Allied bomber formation, throw open a side door, and blaze away with a gatling-gun style cannon. An early version of Puff the Magic Dragon but anti-air, not anti-ground.

[ezzler]

Not the JU-88

I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.
- This disappointing twin engine plane was the successor to another long range fighter. However the replacement was so poor that the original long range fighter was forced to stay in production throughout the entire war.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: ezz

Not the JU-88

I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.
- This disappointing twin engine plane was the successor to another long range fighter. However the replacement was so poor that the original long range fighter was forced to stay in production throughout the entire war.

Me210 !

[ezzler]

Me 210 is the right answer.

Willy Messerschmitt had trouble with sequels. The Me210, Me209 and Me309 all being failures.

Most Me210s were built in Hungry. About 250 production in total. Many never saw any action being used for spare parts for the Me410.

[brian brian]

so why do I have to draw all those dang 210s and 410s to get my jet fighters, dang it!

actually I like that bit of the WiF design. you win some, you lose some.

[warspite1]

Okay, another change of tack.

Which WIF (all options in play) land unit am I?

- I am an army unit and have a counter in WIF

[michaelbaldur]

so it is a Russian or Chinese army ...

not enough information

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

so it is a Russian or Chinese army ...

not enough information

Warspite1

Ugh?

This is the same format as always from me - five clues, each one making the answer clearer than before. The first clue is essentially a lucky guess - nothing more, nothing less......

[warspite1]

Which WIF (all options in play) land unit am I?

- I am an army unit and have a counter in WIF
- This famous corps counter appears in the force pool of the country concerned two years after this unit was formed in real life.

[michaelbaldur]

a long shot ...

British royal marine corps

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

a long shot ...

British royal marine corps

Warspite1

Not the RM corps.

[Orm]

Which MWIF counter am I?

1) One of my aircraft sunk an U-boat early in WWII.

[ezzler]

Was it Warspite?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: ezz

Was it Warspite?

Of course it was Warspite. [:)]

The Grand Old Lady deserves to be mentioned here a few times.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: ezz

Was it Warspite?

Of course it was Warspite. [:)]

The Grand Old Lady deserves to be mentioned here a few times.

Warspite1

She does indeed Orm - btw, did I ever mention I am a big fan of hers? [;)]

[tigercub]

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: tigercub

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub

Me 109

[Froonp]

P-38

ORIGINAL: tigercub

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub

[warspite1]

Which WIF (all options in play) land unit am I?

- I am an army unit and have a counter in WIF
- This famous corps counter appears in the force pool of the country concerned two years after this unit was formed in real life.
- WIF has me designated as an armoured corps, although in most of my campaigns and battles I was largely (and in some cases, entirely) an infantry corps.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: tigercub

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub

Warspite1

1934?!?!

That was before the Spitfire, the Me109 etc etc - wow.