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May 7th, 2008
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| Spam King | The site of several battles in Papua New Guinea during the Finisterre Ridge Campaign of 1943.
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July 2nd, 2008
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| Chief Engineer  | Well is he right, greenricho?
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July 3rd, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius  | Quote:
The Finisterre Range campaign, also known as the Ramu Valley-Finisterre Range campaign, was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Several actions in the campaign are sometimes known collectively as the Battle of Shaggy Ridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finisterre_Range_campaign
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July 6th, 2008
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| Chief Engineer | TOG you have the honors. |
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July 8th, 2008
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| Primus Pilus | Since we are unlikely to get a question quickly, try this one to be getting on with. What was the first substantial operational warship to be sunk by air power. Name it, and the attacking aircraft type. What additional factor could have contributed to its sinking?
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July 9th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | I think the Aircraft was a Fairy Swordfish, and the first Battleship sunk by aircraft was Littorio
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July 9th, 2008
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| Primus Pilus | Le Enfield, it was before that sinking. Thinking of cruiser size Last edited by perseus; July 9th, 2008 at 19:21. |
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July 10th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
Aircraft Type: Blackburn B-24 Skua Other reasons:The inability of her crew to control the fires without the equipment damaged by the Norwegian shore batteries. Flooding caused by the bombing could not be controlled because the Königsberg's pumps were out of action due to the loss of electrical power. Magazines had to be deliberately flooded to stop the threat of fire reaching them. http://freespace.virgin.net/john.del...konigsberg.htm | |
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July 10th, 2008
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| Primus Pilus | Correct Monty as usual It's amazing these aircraft managed to sink anything. The fleet arm sure made best use of what they had in those early days! I used the same source  |
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July 10th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Skuas were a disaster, they were brought in to replace the Swordfish. In a steep dive the wings would fall off, not a lot off fun for a pilot. I did hear of a story where an admiral wanted a flying display by the Skuas, and he wanted them to a mock dive bomb attack on his ship and all the pilots refused and faced a Court Martial |
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