OT - WWII quiz

[Orm]

Aircraft 1:
1) I am an counter in MWIF.
2) I am the first combat aircraft my country both designed and built.
3) I am a fighter but I was actually made from a modified bomber design.
4) I was mostly used as close air support but I was originally intended as an interceptor.
5) I am a CW counter in MWIF.

[zeal4u]

The Australian Boomerang looks to fit the bill.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: zeal4u

The Australian Boomerang looks to fit the bill.

It is the correct answer. Well done!

[michaelbaldur]

a land unit

clue 1: I´m not a counter in wif,
clue 2: I´m a counter in wif

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

a land unit

clue 1: I´m not a counter in wif,
clue 2: I´m a counter in wif

Warspite1

Ugh!?!? Are you or arn't you a counter in WIF?

[michaelbaldur]

both

clue 1: I´m not a counter in wif,
clue 2: I´m a counter in wif
clue 3: I´m a territorial division

[warspite1]

.....right......

[michaelbaldur]

clue 1: I´m not a counter in wif,
clue 2: I´m a counter in wif
clue 3: I´m a territorial division
clue 4: my counter in wif is wrongly labelled

[michaelbaldur]

clue 1: I´m not a counter in wif,
clue 2: I´m a counter in wif
clue 3: I´m a territorial division
clue 4: my counter in wif is wrongly labelled
clue 5: my sister unit has a counter in wif, but it could really be mine

[michaelbaldur]

clue 1: I´m not a counter in wif,
clue 2: I´m a counter in wif
clue 3: I´m a territorial division
clue 4: my counter in wif is wrongly labelled
clue 5: my sister unit has a counter in wif, but it could really be mine
clue 6: I´m trained as a mountaineer

[michaelbaldur]

if you are not even going to guess ...then I will give the answer

British (Scottish)  52nd lowland division 

[terje439]

clue 5 led me to believe it might be a ship (the sister referance).
BUt out of curiosity, how is it labeled incorrectly?

Terje

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

if you are not even going to guess ...then I will give the answer

British (Scottish)  52nd lowland division 

Warspite1

I could not understand the first two clues - I'm still not sure what they mean - can you clarify please.

[michaelbaldur]

the British mountaineer air landing division is labelled 51 highland ...should have been labelled 52 lowland ...

the 52 lowland was a mountaineer that was trained for air landing ... and there are a air landing counter ......so the unit has a counter (more or less)  

but the counter was labelled the 51 highland division ..  so the unit don´t have a counter

the sister units clue had to do with Scottish units ....

but the counter is clearly wrongly labelled .... the 51 highland was NEVER trained as a mountaineer or for air landing .... 

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

the British mountaineer air landing division is labelled 51 highland ...should have been labelled 52 lowland ...

the 52 lowland was a mountaineer that was trained for air landing ... and there are a air landing counter ......so the unit has a counter (more or less)  

but the counter was labelled the 51 highland division ..  so the unit don´t have a counter

the sister units clue had to do with Scottish units ....

but the counter is clearly wrongly labelled .... the 51 highland was NEVER trained as a mountaineer or for air landing .... 

Warspite1

Okay thanks - I see what you were getting at.

[terje439]

I'll make one again then;

Clue 1: I am a plane
Clue 2: My design might lead you to think I was intended for the previous war.

Terje

[patchogue]

Swordfish?

[terje439]

Knew that one was too easy...And yes, the swordfish [:)]

Terje

[paulderynck]

Of what situation did Churchill say: "I ought to have known. My advisers ought to have known and ... I ought to have asked."

[Shannon V. OKeets]

I have been going crazy the past couple of days trying to remember what the Germans called their units that got cut off during the Russian winter offensive 1941-1942. Hitler labeled it a tactic and insisted on it being used throughout the long retreat from Stalingrad.

I assume that virtually all of you know the answer to this (even some remote part of my brain does I am sure).