WWII Quiz

[JOC]

Great Story

What a story this one should become a movie.:thumb::thumb:

 

[JOC]

my mistake apologies

What a story this one should become a movie.:thumb::thumb:

my mistake apologies, I pressed the wrong botton

 

[George]

Are you thinking of Hans-Ulrich Rudel a Stuka pilot with 9 kills to his credit?

I guess you missed Monty B& my earlier comments on Rudel.

 

[George]

I am stumped by this one as I can not find any bomber pilots who shot down any bombers from the pilots seat primarily because I can not think of any bombers where the pilot had control of the guns.

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Obviously there was @ least 1! One non-factory bomber (not involved with the question!) was the A-20s modified in the South West Pacific Theater as "Commerce Destroyers" that had 13 forward firing 50 cal. machine guns that were pilot controlled. Some of the guns left no room for a bombedier, filling up the nose.

 

[BritinBritain]

I guess you missed Monty B& my earlier comments on Rudel.

Good grief, yes I did miss those comments. Bugger.:???::???:

 

[George]

Well I guess I will throw out another question...

Approximately one week before the Doolittle raid on Tokyo there was another series of raids on Japanese positions in the Philippines, over three days they flew 20 sorties without loss.
Who commanded the raids?

Brigadier Gen. Ralph Royce

 

[MontyB]

Indeed it was, they were known as the Royce Raids.

 

[George]

Who was the only person to become an Ace flying a bomber?

OK, it was Adrian Warburton, RAF, flying a Martin Maryland bomber.

 

[MontyB]

OK, it was Adrian Warburton, RAF, flying a Martin Maryland bomber.

That is rather bizarre as I have just finished watching a documentary on him, didn't he die flying a P-38 on a reconnaissance mission?

 

[George]

That is rather bizarre as I have just finished watching a documentary on him, didn't he die flying a P-38 on a reconnaissance mission?

Yes, the F-5 recon version. That was a few yrs later.

 

[George]

In '43 BOAC resumed flights to Stockholm, what airplane was used?

 

[Kesse81]

de Havilland Mosquito

 

[George]

de Havilland Mosquito

Correct.

 

[Kesse81]

Which U.S. bomber was also known by its nickname "The Widowmaker".

 

[muscogeemike]

Martin's B-26 Marauder - one of my fav's!

 

[Kesse81]

We have a winner.

 

[George]

What US Navy ship fired the most rounds fired by a US Navy ship in WWII?

 

[MontyB]

Can you define ww2?
Are you including the Sino-Japanese war, US ships escorting convoys 1939-42 or just the period of US hostilities Dec 41 to 1945?

 

[George]

Can you define ww2?
Are you including the Sino-Japanese war, US ships escorting convoys 1939-42 or just the period of US hostilities Dec 41 to 1945?

US participation. Dec/41-Aug/45

 

[MontyB]

So we can count out the USS Ward as war hadn't been declared when it was shooting at a Japanese midget submarine.