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OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:42 am
by Dixie
[font="Verdana"]It's the weekend, so it's usually quiet around here. So today's mini-quiz. Who is this pilot, and what was his achievement?
As usual, the pilot served somewhere in the area covered by WitP.
I'll also try to dig up a list of past 'winners' and previous correct answers later.[/font]
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:38 pm
by msaario
Haven't got a clue about the name, but heck he ain't handsome!
--Mikko
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:22 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Dixie
[font="Verdana"]It's the weekend, so it's usually quiet around here. So today's mini-quiz. Who is this pilot, and what was his achievement?
As usual, the pilot served somewhere in the area covered by WitP.
I'll also try to dig up a list of past 'winners' and previous correct answers later.[/font]
Bob Cross???
Bob Cross was in originally in the 136 Squadron, and went on the become the RAF's top scoring pilot on the Burma Front.
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:53 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Dixie
[font="Verdana"]It's the weekend, so it's usually quiet around here. So today's mini-quiz. Who is this pilot, and what was his achievement?
As usual, the pilot served somewhere in the area covered by WitP.
I'll also try to dig up a list of past 'winners' and previous correct answers later.[/font]
Bob Cross???
Bob Cross was in originally in the 136 Squadron, and went on the become the RAF's top scoring pilot on the Burma Front.
Correct. Flt Sgt Bob Cross was the top scoring Commonwealth pilot over Burma/SE Asia. He scored 9 confirmed kills, his first 3 all came on the 23rd January 1943, when he shot down 2 Oscars near Chittagong. His first kill is thought to be the Japanese 9-kill ace Maj Shigeru Nakazaki.
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:30 pm
by rtrapasso
Woo-hoo... hey, if i get 5 of these guys, will i become and "Ace of Aces??" [:'(]
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:39 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
Woo-hoo... hey, if i get 5 of these guys, will i become and "Ace of Aces??" [:'(]
Maybe.....
Isn't that your 2nd correct answer?
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:42 pm
by tsimmonds
ORIGINAL: Dixie
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
Woo-hoo... hey, if i get 5 of these guys, will i become and "Ace of Aces??" [:'(]
Maybe.....
Isn't that your 2nd correct answer?
If you go back far enough, he's prolly been right twice....[;)]
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:42 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: irrelevant
If you go back far enough, he's prolly been right twice....[;)]
That's probably what I was thinking of....[:D]
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:45 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Dixie
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
Woo-hoo... hey, if i get 5 of these guys, will i become and "Ace of Aces??" [:'(]
Maybe.....
Isn't that your 2nd correct answer?
3rd!!
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:45 pm
by Dixie
Here is the list of previous winners and answers:
Name the Pilot
#1 Sub.Lt. R.H. Reynolds, Fleet Air Arm AW1Steve
#2 Akamatsu Sadaaki, IJN Subchaser
#3 Kapt Jacob van Helsdingen, NEIAF Iron Duke
#4 Kenji Yanagiya, IJN Marc
#5 Flt Sgt Bob Cross, RAF rtrapasso
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:49 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Dixie
Here is the list of previous winners and answers:
Name the Pilot
#1 Sub.Lt. R.H. Reynolds, Fleet Air Arm AW1Steve
#2 Akamatsu Sadaaki, IJN Subchaser
#3 Kapt Jacob van Helsdingen, NEIAF Iron Duke
#4 Kenji Yanagiya, IJN Marc
#5 Flt Sgt Bob Cross, RAF rtrapasso
Hey - wait a sec - what happened to the first guy killed by the Japanese (Robert Short)??
And also, i got the #1 contest answer (Reynolds) correct on The Thread (beating out the time on the WITP General forum) - so should get at least partial credit, no??
RE: OT- Name the Pilot #5
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:56 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Dixie
Here is the list of previous winners and answers:
Name the Pilot
#1 Sub.Lt. R.H. Reynolds, Fleet Air Arm AW1Steve
#2 Akamatsu Sadaaki, IJN Subchaser
#3 Kapt Jacob van Helsdingen, NEIAF Iron Duke
#4 Kenji Yanagiya, IJN Marc
#5 Flt Sgt Bob Cross, RAF rtrapasso
Hey - wait a sec - what happened to the first guy killed by the Japanese??
And also, i got the #1 contest answer (Reynolds) correct on The Thread (beating out the time on the WITP General forum) - so should get at least partial credit, no??
I wasn't including Thread answers on that list. However, you can give yourself two bonus points [:D]