TRIVIA #1

[Knavey]

Ok,

Since I am being called out everytime I post a Give me a BREAK post, I am going to change the style. This is going to be general trivia based on the books that I have in my library (and sometimes the internet). I will go by statements made in the source, and sometimes it (and therefore my post) may be incorrect. But lets give it a shot anyway!

It will probably consist of a variety of different categories based on some of the types of posts I have made in the past. Such as: "Name this port", "Name this airfield", "Fact, Fiction or WitP" and others to be decided.


RULES: No looking up the answer before posting your response. Guesses only or first hand knowledge. I will post my source later so you cannot get a clue from the title.

Question #1:

What was the first casualty of the Greater East Asian War?

a) A Dutch submarine that encountered the crusier Sendai and company on the way to invade Malaya.
b) A French cargo vessel heading from Vietnam to Thailand that was sunk by a Nell on recon patrol.
c) A midair collision between a Buffalo and a Nate over Kota Bharu airfield.
d) The Batan Island civil defense force.
e) A Catalina from Singapore shot down while on patrol.

[DSwain]

I'll have to go for E - as it's the only thing I know to have actually happened. I believe it was an RAAF Catalina that was sent to investigate early reports of Japanese troop transports off Siam; this was December 6th. There had been considerable amounts of cloud earlier that had restricted air recon. The Catalina was never heard from again and is believed to have been shot down.

This is all from memory so apologies for factual errors......

[KDonovan]

i'm gonna have to go with "B" - the french seem unluckly enough

[treespider]

E

[Q-Ball]

E, if memory serves, happened Dec 7th Malaya time, which is Dec 6th PH time. The large convoy for Malaya was sighted that day, putting the UK on high alert.

[Dixie]

I would have to go for E.

[Q-Ball]

PS, though A also happened that day before if I remember. The Dutch AND the Catalina sighted the Japanese. Either way, the British and Dutch were alerted, though the implications of that were not communicted to PI or PH unfortunately. And they weren't warlike, but it was DEFINITELY noted that there were ALOT of Japanese ships in the Gulf of Siam, headed Southwest. I think part of the Allied hesitation was that they thought they were headed just to Thailand, an eventuality the British had prepared plans for.

[MineSweeper]

A.....[;)]

[Oliver Heindorf]

I go for D, that is what my memory delivers, taken from a book I bought at  Harrods of London.

[Terminus]

I'll go with "e"...

[aztez]

Just going to guess here... Lets say B.

[Oliver Heindorf]

knavey old sock, whats the solution ? [:D]

[jubail1999]

What was the first casualty of the Greater East Asian War?

a) A Dutch submarine that encountered the crusier Sendai and company on the way to invade Malaya.
b) A French cargo vessel heading from Vietnam to Thailand that was sunk by a Nell on recon patrol.
c) A midair collision between a Buffalo and a Nate over Kota Bharu airfield.
d) The Batan Island civil defense force.
e) A Catalina from Singapore shot down while on patrol.

I'll go with none of the above and say f) The first casualty of the Greater East Asian War was civil discussion. [:D]

[mr reed]

E . It s the Flt Off. Bedell's FV-Y Cat 205th Sqn nearby Poulo Pajang island (SW of Phu Quoc) shot down on a long range recon patrol. First spotted and fired upon by an Aichi EI 3AI (ZI-26 based on the Kamikawa Maru) It s pilot Eiichi Ogata was also on a recon flight protecting 2 ships heading for Singora. After 30 min chasing him, some Ki 23 from I sentai join the hunt and about 5 of them unleash hell on the poor aircraft. The Catalina explodes killing the 8 crewmen. These poor fellows are known as the first casualties in the pacific war. [:(]

Ps [:D]didn't look up after reading the question but just happened to be reading about it a few mins before logging on the forum. As everyone can see I m very busy at work lately [>:]

[ctangus]

I'll guess "C", simply because no one else has picked it yet. Though from memory I think it's "E".

[Local Yokel]

Westerners' perspectives!  'Greater East Asian War' is, I believe, a rendition in English of a Japanese description of the conflict that began in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.  The first casualty was most likely a civilian caught by the Japanese artillery bombardment that opened that engagement.

[Ian R]

How about none of the above, because the truth is always the first casualty.

[Ron Saueracker]

I'm an "A" guy. That later response about the RAAF Cat might be right but is too detailed to have been the guys memory only answer.[8|][;)]

[Herrbear]

E

[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: Local Yokel

Westerners' perspectives!  'Greater East Asian War' is, I believe, a rendition in English of a Japanese description of the conflict that began in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.  The first casualty was most likely a civilian caught by the Japanese artillery bombardment that opened that engagement.

I'm with Yokel..., except my guess is some poor schmuck of a Chinese sentry on the bridge.