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[von Shagmeister]

10 RAAF Sqn operated Sunderlands out of Mount Batten, Devon for most of the war with various detachments at Oban and Pembroke Docks.

Regards

von Shagmeister

[HMSWarspite]

ORIGINAL: harley

They were somewhere in France in late 1939. My source is a 1946 history of the RAAF in the ETO...

Probably beats my source then!

Presumably, since a flying boat unit, we are talking Channel, Biscay coast or Med. Since the Channel can be done easily from our side, and Med wasn't much of a threat in late 1939, west coast of France somewhere?

[harley]

ORIGINAL: HMSWarspite
Probably beats my source then!

Presumably, since a flying boat unit, we are talking Channel, Biscay coast or Med. Since the Channel can be done easily from our side, and Med wasn't much of a threat in late 1939, west coast of France somewhere?

Actually, it is in the channel. It's not very exciting...

Tell me if you give up - I don't want to jump in with the answer if you are still thinking...

[HMSWarspite]

I give up - anyone else?

[Hard Sarge]

okay tell them already

I want to get my question in

[harley]

Ok, Christmas Eve, 1939 and No. 10 Squadron RAAF moved into Cherbourg. They were the first Dominion squadron in theater in WWII...

I cede my question to HARD Sarge who won't shut up if I don't.

[Hard Sarge]

ahhh come on mate, I not even talking yet

thanks

here we go

a strange one

what WWII plane, was being tested to carry a 17.7 ton bomb ?

(not used in anger, but did make it to the dropping test stage)

and

what WWII plane carried 11 20mm cannons, along with at least 4 50 cal (well 50 cal type) MG's along with several tons of Armor and bullet proof glass

(you get the one, you get the other, but...)

[The Dude]

T-12 demoltion bomb 20000kg loaded on a B36 Peacemaker

the other i dont know

[HMSWarspite]

It's the B36 again - although I have 14 or 16 20mm cannon, rather than the 20mm/50 cal mix.

The B36 (D on, with 6 piston and 4 jets) reminds me of the joke about the pilot's definition of a good aircraft: "it's one where the flight engineer can say as he hands me my cup of coffee 'we have a slight problem with the oil pressure on number 12 engine', and I can reply 'Which? Port or Starboard?'"

[Hard Sarge]

Both are WWII and it did fly during WWII, in fact while not a huge build number a decent number were built

B-36 first flew on Aug 8 1946, so NO

[Speedysteve]

Some sort of converted YB-17?

[HMSWarspite]

Me323? (Flat guess - no source - applies to either question!)

[The Dude]

It wasnt the B32 was it?

[Hard Sarge]

Good man War

yeap, the ME 323, it got as far as flight trails with the bomb, but the plane broke as it was flying as they made the test drop (but, ends up that the plane had been damaged by a Strafen attack a few days earlier, that they didn't know had damaged the plane, so was not the idea or the bomb that stopped the designing)

also, like the YB-17, the ME 323E2/WT was set up to be a excourt plane for other ME 323's, 11 MG 151 20 mm's along with at least 4 MG 131 13 mm guns (but again, as the Allies figured out, it was easier to just send fighters with them instead)

not bad for a glider, that they ended up add engines to !!!!!

wow, a 17.7 ton bomb ? wonder if it was the forerunner of the daisycutter idea, wonder if the dropping was to be done the same way

wonder where they thought they were going to fly that beast, to be able to drop that kind of bomb

[HMSWarspite]

I must admit I have never heard of any of that! The logic I used (after your steer that we were looking for pure ww2, not just 'designed in ww2') was elimination. Not likely to be Allied, because Grand Slam was pretty racy (really put he strain on Lanc B1 specials - they didn't like sitting on the ground with the bomb on board during mission delays, but would lower it into the cradle to releave the wing spar!). Lanc had far the biggest bomb load, but not even close to 17.7tons. I briefly thought about B29 (only very briefly mind!).

Then I thought - 17.7tons - funny number...kg? German? What did the Germans have that could lift that? Nothing! But the 323 might be close!

So there you have it - more deduction that knowledge!

I guess that means I get the question.

How did Galland's last combat flight end. What was he flying and who did it?

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: JCL

Hi guys:

This is not meant to end the quiz, but release date is planned for the End of March (is that the same as Ides of March?).

Hope that helps,

Jean-Claude

The Ides of March is the 15th.

[Adnan Meshuggi]

About the Me323... yes, i thought about it. But the cal50 irritated me (sure, 13mm is the same,but...) and the bombsize.
The Me323 with 6 Gnome-Engines was propably the best transport plane of ww2, heavy armed and could even transport tanks...also cheap to produce... a new designed track system allowed difficult landing strips...

But i never heared about the 17700 kg-bomb.

About Galland - he was wounded by bomb schrapnells at april 26th, leading the JV44 - me262

Okay - who shot down 8 allied bombers in one night ?

and a easy one...
who shot down 16 enemy planes with a jet ?

[The Dude]

Heinz Baer was the reigning jet ace until the Isrealis came along

the night fighter guy was Martin Becker i believe.



Which German ace a victory to sortie ratio of over 1 and in what battle did he get the majority of his kills?

[Adnan Meshuggi]

Nope - not Becker. He shot down 9 in one night...

for the german guy...do you mean about his kill per mission ratio ? That should be Lt. Günther Scheel, 71 kills in 70 missions... russia.

Who shot down the most 4mot bombers ? (should be easy...)

[HMSWarspite]

ORIGINAL: Adnan Meshuggi

About Galland - he was wounded by bomb schrapnells at april 26th, leading the JV44 - me262

Okay - who shot down 8 allied bombers in one night ?

and a easy one...
who shot down 16 enemy planes with a jet ?

That isn't the question: I asked how his last combat flight ended - unless you are claiming he ended his flight by being wounded by bomb shrapnel? In which case 'not according to my sources!'

Try again