OT - WWII quiz

[juntoalmar]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

No, it comes in first..... if you are stupid enough to only think in terms of strategic bombing, which is what I did.

To be honest, I understood the question same like you.

[brian brian]

Here is a good one ... Which aircraft models flew for both sides in the war, without being captured?

I can think of two and I just learned a third.

[Jagdtiger14]

Probably early war/pre war models? Is the Brewster Buffalo one of them?

[brian brian]

That's one. Finland and various Allied countries. I suspect there are more than 3.

[Jagdtiger14]

I just did some on-line research and found a whole bunch under Finland. Here's the list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... of_Finland

Some interesting and surprising ones...Hawker Hurricane (I and II).

[brian brian]

OK, so that blows this question apart.

Name a German model that flew for the Commonwealth.

[Courtenay]

The Japanese had the DC-3. So did the Russians.

[brian brian]

The DC-3 was the second one I had in mind. Because, WiF counters.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

OK, so that blows this question apart.

Name a German model that flew for the Commonwealth.

Did any Junkers Ju 52 serve during the war? I know that USAAF used one. Maybe a Focke-Wulf Fw 200? Somehow I do not think that either of these are the model you are thinking of. I need to ponder on this some more. Maybe the Storch? (I do not remember the real name of the Storch [:(])

[Orm]

I was to curious about the Storch so I had to look it up. So I think you were looking for Fieseler Fi 156 Storch.


A plane that is good enough for Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, is good enough for me. [:)]


Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst and his Storch, Italy, 1943

[AlbertN]

Q- Which Axis power flew a bombing mission on the oil rigs in Barhein?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Cohen

Q- Which Axis power flew a bombing mission on the oil rigs in Barhein?

Germany?

[AlbertN]

Italy, planes taking off from Rhodes and landing in AOI.
It was just four bombers though!

Link (but it's in Italian) - http://www.dodecaneso.org/bahrein.htm

[brian brian]

Captured planes don't count.

The German model I read about just recently was a squadron of Ju-86 bombers used by the SAAF - South African Air Force

[brian brian]

Truly a trivia, though not trivial, question - how many times did people attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler?

[paulderynck]

At least 3 times that I know of, so will go with that since googling is not allowed.

[brian brian]

A book claims a double digit #, which could lead you to a common internet answer. I don't have the book; I picked up this odd magazine at the pharmacy today. Almost no ads; revenue comes from selling a long-shelf-life mag full of random facts, such as the speed and hunting prowess of the MahiMahi fish, of who's young only 1% reach maturity. Sounds like it sucks to be a tropical fish.

So kind of like a magazine full of click-bait stuff but without all the over-done links to click making it near impossible to settle your curiosity for trivia.

I bought it both for a story on Captagon, the amphetamine fueling ISIS and the Syrian Civil War, and also a long section of counter-factual History about what would happen if .... Hitler had been killed at the Beer Hall in Munich? The Reichstag Fire? By von Stauffenberg?

I haven't read them yet but I will share them with y'all soon.

[Jagdtiger14]

and also a long section of counter-factual History about what would happen if .... Hitler had been killed at the Beer Hall in Munich? The Reichstag Fire? By von Stauffenberg?

First week of July '40 (return to Berlin) would have been the sweet spot for the German military. Next step negotiate a peace with Britain, if not...on to Gibraltar/Malta, etc...

[brian brian]

The answer is always ... 42

I'll dig out the name of the book claiming this total, and ponder the various scenarios, for you all soon.

Merry Christmas everyone.

[4personalbusiness]

I think it's always 47. http://www.47.net/47society/