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ORIGINAL: HMSWarspite

ORIGINAL: harley

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

Zero was named for the year it was made in, the JP calader not being the same as the western one

fwiw - the calendar year was reset to 0 on the ascension of Emperor Hirihito.

You are mixing your drinks[8D]

There were 2 ways of numbering years in Japan (now 3 I guess, because they now use western years as well).Japanese specs tended to be referred to by the Emperor's calendar. Hirohito was the Showa Emperor, and ascended the throne in 1926. Years were counted for the Showa Emperor, starting from Showa 1 in 1926. The Zero spec was issued in 1937 (12 Showa), and was referred to as the 12-Shi fighter until it entered service, and acquired the Type number corresponding to year 2600. Quite why they did it I don't know. Anyone?

Inbreeding. Years of Isolationism made them as a nation completely whack. I don't think they are the same anymore (in case anyone thinks I'm having a go at the current Japanese peoples ) but it would be nice if the just acknowledged what they did, and apologized for it.

No takers on the last 2 ways of referring to a Zero? Clue time:

1. all parents have names for their babies.

and

2. This one is really quite obscure, but a certain HQ in WitP had its own enemy aircraft naming system - fell in to disuse quite quickly because the boys and girls names took over.

please - no politics... this has vanished with the infamous aow-threads... or you could really fast create a "bashing the shi$ out of this or that"-thread. Go to vinny to do that [;)] or to doggies abyss...

well for the questions... i am astonished, how much informations are hidden here... but wasn´t the zeke the AGM6-5 ? and the zero the AGM6-2/3 ?

I allways thought that Zeke was the allied code for the later model... can anybody tell me if he misinterpret something here ?

And does not the modified WitP-files content the japanese names ? hm, maybe i have to look...

ORIGINAL: Adnan Meshuggi

well for the questions... i am astonished, how much informations are hidden here... but wasn´t the zeke the AGM6-5 ? and the zero the AGM6-2/3 ?

In passing you have given one of the missing answers I was looking for: A6M1, A6M2 etc (depending on model - I count these as 1 'name').
The Zeke was the allied code name for all Zeros (except the Hamp issue described above). Zero, equally applied to all models (I believe)

I allways thought that Zeke was the allied code for the later model... can anybody tell me if he misinterpret something here ?

And does not the modified WitP-files content the japanese names ? hm, maybe i have to look...

One name/method of referring to it to go: I warn you, very obscure. Let me know when you surrender!

I was looking for: A6M1, A6M2

okay to follow your guide lines, you should of stopped at A6M , with the 1/2/5/5c and so on would then be the sub models

I was going to bring that up, JP number. naming system is easy to follow once you understand and remember the letters

of course the net does not alway help

Aircraft
A5M2 Zero Fighter 21/22 AKAGI

(they meant a Claude trainer verison)

hehe... one accident means one hit ?... cool...

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

I was looking for: A6M1, A6M2

okay to follow your guide lines, you should of stopped at A6M , with the 1/2/5/5c and so on would then be the sub models

I was going to bring that up, JP number. naming system is easy to follow once you understand and remember the letters

of course the net does not alway help

Aircraft
A5M2 Zero Fighter 21/22 AKAGI

(they meant a Claude trainer verison)

OK - you are correct, I worded it badly.

Still looking for the last one: it is a number

Hmmmm

0

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

Hmmmm

0

[:D][:D]

NO!

[:-]

Keep trying... Does SWPA help?

you wasted enough time

new question and a easy one, who is this

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

you wasted enough time

new question and a easy one, who is this

Fair enough: the answer is '48'. SWPA attempted their own serial numbers as codes for Japanese aircraft, and the Zero was serial 48.

In answer to your question - no one. Computer games aren't real, there are no little people running around inside you monitors you know...[:D]

Seriously, 109E, Richtofen Geschwader? I will have to look it up. But I will wait 24 hours first.

okay since you don't like that one (trick question, it was me:) flying a 109 E4 with Helmut Wicks colors)

who was the only Knights Cross holder to volunteer and join the RammGruppens/RammKommado

and what is interesting about him, besides that fact

Ernst Sorge


edited because of wrong first name - mea culpa

he was a recce pilot:

1.(F.) Aufkl. Gr. 124 (Kette Lappland)

very Good

old fat boy got upset when he found out he was there and wanted him to "leave" he refused

I am glad to see he made it till the end of the war

Bill´s Buzz Boys ??

WHAT / WHEN / WHERE / WHAT FOR...

[:D] for HS [:'(]

I busy ranting and raving

give this one to War

[&o]

ORIGINAL: swift

Heinz Sorge

Thought it was Ernst Sorge, DKiG 7Feb42, RK 26Mar44

I show it as Ernst also

but I think he was close enough

ORIGINAL: swift

Bill´s Buzz Boys ??

WHAT / WHEN / WHERE / WHAT FOR...

[:D] for HS [:'(]

As the practice of straffing on the way home spread in 8thAF FC, Col Glenn Duncan OC 353FG suggested to Maj Gen William (Bill) Kepner OC 8th FC that a specialist trials sqd be formed to develop the techniques. This was agreed, and 16 volunteers (4 each from 353, 355,359,361 FG) assembled at Metfield on 18 March 1944, under Duncan's command. Officially 353 "C" FG, but soon nicknamed "Bill's Buzz Boys". The unit experimented until 12th April, including 6 missions over enemy territory. Techniques then spread over the rest of 8FC and the Buzz Boys were disbanded. (from Mighty 8th: Freeman)