OT - WWII quiz

[tigercub]

ME-109 yes A gold star!

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: tigercub

ME-109 yes A gold star!

Warspite1

The Me-109 first flew in 1935.

[tigercub]

ooops 1935 i was reading about the BF108a and thinking about the 109

[paulderynck]

No wonder I didn't get it. [:)]

[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.
- I am a British Army corps

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

I can't be bothered to read all 68 pages of this (though I did get through 10 or so) so sorry if these have already been asked.

1. What two US submarines were confirmed to have sunk themselves?

2. What US submarine hit its target with 13 of 13 torpedoes and failed to sink its target?

Only one third of them answered and no more guesses. Any hints in the offing?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: 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.
- I am a British Army corps

I am going with XXX Arm Corps.

[warspite1]

XXX corps is the correct answer [:)].

No doubt ADG used the armoured symbol due to the corp's make-up in the last campaigns of the war Inc Operation Market Garden.

[Braedonnal]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

I can't be bothered to read all 68 pages of this (though I did get through 10 or so) so sorry if these have already been asked.

1. What two US submarines were confirmed to have sunk themselves?

2. What US submarine hit its target with 13 of 13 torpedoes and failed to sink its target?

Only one third of them answered and no more guesses. Any hints in the offing?

1. I was named after a whitefish common to the Great Lakes.

2. It varies in a couple accounts of the action, it should have read 13 of 15 (first salvo two of four hit).

a. My Commanding Officer's, Lt Cmdr L.R. (Dan) Daspit, collected evidence was largely responsible for exposing the bug with the Mk. 6 exploder's firing pin on the Mk. 14 torpedo.

b. Sank a 400 ton sampan in unusual fashion after resisting attempts to sink with gunfire, by dousing with fuel oil and then tossing flaming, oil-soaked rags on the deck!

c. I was named after a type of jack.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

I can't be bothered to read all 68 pages of this (though I did get through 10 or so) so sorry if these have already been asked.

1. What two US submarines were confirmed to have sunk themselves?

2. What US submarine hit its target with 13 of 13 torpedoes and failed to sink its target?

Only one third of them answered and no more guesses. Any hints in the offing?

1. I was named after a whitefish common to the Great Lakes.

2. It varies in a couple accounts of the action, it should have read 13 of 15 (first salvo two of four hit).

a. My Commanding Officer's, Lt Cmdr L.R. (Dan) Daspit, collected evidence was largely responsible for exposing the bug with the Mk. 6 exploder's firing pin on the Mk. 14 torpedo.

b. Sank a 400 ton sampan in unusual fashion after resisting attempts to sink with gunfire, by dousing with fuel oil and then tossing flaming, oil-soaked rags on the deck!

c. I was named after a type of jack.

Warspite1

Where's Mike Dubost? He's the US sub man.

[warspite1]

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

I can't be bothered to read all 68 pages of this (though I did get through 10 or so) so sorry if these have already been asked.

1. What two US submarines were confirmed to have sunk themselves?

2. What US submarine hit its target with 13 of 13 torpedoes and failed to sink its target?

Only one third of them answered and no more guesses. Any hints in the offing?

1. I was named after a whitefish common to the Great Lakes.

2. It varies in a couple accounts of the action, it should have read 13 of 15 (first salvo two of four hit).

a. My Commanding Officer's, Lt Cmdr L.R. (Dan) Daspit, collected evidence was largely responsible for exposing the bug with the Mk. 6 exploder's firing pin on the Mk. 14 torpedo.

b. Sank a 400 ton sampan in unusual fashion after resisting attempts to sink with gunfire, by dousing with fuel oil and then tossing flaming, oil-soaked rags on the deck!

c. I was named after a type of jack.

Skipjack

[Extraneous]

What United States Balao class submarine claims the title "The Champion Submarine-Killing Submarine of World War Two"

She sank a IJN Minesweeper, a IJN destroyer. and 3 IJN submarines.

She now resides at Muskogee, Oklahoma.

[warspite1]

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Braedonnal

c. I was named after a type of jack.

Hmm SS Daniels?! Never heard of that one [:D]

Terje

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.

BB Ise?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.

BB Ise?

Warspite1

No, not the Ise. I'll dive straight in with the third clue.

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.
- I was designed as one type of ship but was soon modified and became another type.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.

BB Ise?

Warspite1

No, not the Ise. I'll dive straight in with the third clue.

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.
- I was designed as one type of ship but was soon modified and became another type.

Lexington?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
No, not the Ise. I'll dive straight in with the third clue.

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.
- I was designed as one type of ship but was soon modified and became another type.

I'll stay with the IJN; Akagi?

Terje

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439




BB Ise?

Warspite1

No, not the Ise. I'll dive straight in with the third clue.

Which Ship am I? (all optional rules in play)

- I have a counter in WIF
- I was built between the wars but failed to survive WWII.
- I was designed as one type of ship but was soon modified and became another type.

Lexington?

Warspite1

Not the Lady Lex