RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:43 am
AV196ORIGINAL: brian brian
What WWII monoplane had a machine-gun in only one wing?
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RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:28 am
The German Gigant (transport plane).ORIGINAL: brian brian
What WWII plane has a WiF counter and had 6 engines?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:33 am
ORIGINAL: tigercub
Blohm + Voss BV 222...=6
Doh! Two answers....I was reading a book called "The Worst Aircraft of the World", which included the Me-323 and it misinformed me that the Gigant was the only 6 engined plane in the war.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:35 am
ORIGINAL: tigercub
AV196ORIGINAL: brian brian
What WWII monoplane had a machine-gun in only one wing?
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RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:57 am
i no longer have my books with me but AR 196 from memory..turns out thats not right anyway...you have me thinking now!
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:25 pm
ORIGINAL: brian brian
What WWII plane has a WiF counter and had 6 engines?
The counter is "LND Ju-290B" for the Junkers Ju-290B.
The Dornier Do X the German 6-Engine flyingboat has no counter.
The NAKAJIMA G10N1 FUGAKU Japanese 6-Engine Bomber has no counter.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:45 pm
Ju-290 = Four engines. I think I put up a neat quiz question about this one a year or two back in this thread. The only Axis aircraft landed on the North American continent by Luftwaffe personnel.
Ju-390 = Six engines. Two prototypes built.
Do X = Flown in the 30s before the Nazis, museum piece by 1939. Destroyed by the RAF in a bombing raid. That one was also in the 'Worst Aircraft' book.
Nakajima 6 engine bomber = no prototype built, existed on paper only.
So BV-222 and Me-323 remain the only "operational" answers. The BV-222 only existed in numbers less than 20. I do like building the BV-222 when playing WiF when I get Germany really rolling.
Ju-390 = Six engines. Two prototypes built.
Do X = Flown in the 30s before the Nazis, museum piece by 1939. Destroyed by the RAF in a bombing raid. That one was also in the 'Worst Aircraft' book.
Nakajima 6 engine bomber = no prototype built, existed on paper only.
So BV-222 and Me-323 remain the only "operational" answers. The BV-222 only existed in numbers less than 20. I do like building the BV-222 when playing WiF when I get Germany really rolling.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:40 am
ORIGINAL: brian brian
Ju-290 = Four engines. I think I put up a neat quiz question about this one a year or two back in this thread. The only Axis aircraft landed on the North American continent by Luftwaffe personnel.
Ju-390 = Six engines. Two prototypes built.
Do X = Flown in the 30s before the Nazis, museum piece by 1939. Destroyed by the RAF in a bombing raid. That one was also in the 'Worst Aircraft' book.
Nakajima 6 engine bomber = no prototype built, existed on paper only.
So BV-222 and Me-323 remain the only "operational" answers. The BV-222 only existed in numbers less than 20. I do like building the BV-222 when playing WiF when I get Germany really rolling.
[:D] Yup "Ju-390 = Six engines. Two prototypes built" my mistake no counter. [:D]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:18 pm
ORIGINAL: brian brian
What WWII plane has a WiF counter and did not use a petroleum based fuel?
I thought that would be an easy one.
This plane could well be the shortest aircraft on any WiF counter, though I don't know for sure it is THE shortest.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:04 am
Me 163 S stoff and Z stoff ir someytthing similar
Fairey Battle for thr 1 mg in the wing.
Fairey Battle for thr 1 mg in the wing.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:35 am
yes on both there Jeff. Me 163 = the "Komet". The next clue would have been that this aircraft has WiF counters for two countries ... but no Lend-Lease stripe.
I was going to move on to a hint about how many awards for valor for flying the Fairey Battle.
I was going to move on to a hint about how many awards for valor for flying the Fairey Battle.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:05 am
lol....Komet or Fairey battle...you needed crazy to fly them awards for valor !! bring them on..
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:30 pm
what type of naval escort successfully escorted 90,000 merchantmen in WWII without having a single one sunk?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:44 pm
US Navy Blimps
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:50 pm
yep. two U-boats sunk, one blimp shot down along the way. USN had a plan to re-activate blimps in the 80s, but the USSR disintegrated first.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:31 am
i think they only sank 1 the other sank it self with own homing Torp...but thats still in debate....
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:54 pm
Which famous WW2 airman avoided death in WW1 by parachuting from a damaged plane.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:22 pm
1.im a war ship.
2. I was a flag ship
2. I was a flag ship
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:37 pm
Goering?ORIGINAL: ezz
Which famous WW2 airman avoided death in WW1 by parachuting from a damaged plane.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:46 pm
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
1.im a war ship.
2. I was a flag ship
HMS Victory