WWII Forums Quiz Part V

[Friedrich]

What was the connection between the Mosquito FBXVIII and...cigarettes ?

Both were made out of dry leaves and lighted easily?

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[Martin Bull]

He he he !

I might have known Friedrich would come up with something like that...

What can I say but : 'WRONG ! [img]tongue.gif[/img] '

[Friedrich]

At least you have to admitt it was original and funny! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[TA152]

I like the General's answer better but Molins tobbaco quality control instriments and the Monlin anti-shipping cannon were the connection. [img]graemlins/stugg.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/stugg.gif[/img]

[Martin Bull]

Well done that man ! The Molins Company made cigarette machinery and then turned their talents to making the auto-loading mechanism for the 6-pounder Mossie gun.

Over to Ta152..... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[TA152]

The Weaver aircraft company made thousands of aircraft in WWII. What is the more common name of these aircraft.
(learned this one last week on the History Channel)

[Bill Murray]

Originally posted by TA152:
The Weaver aircraft company made thousands of aircraft in WWII. What is the more common name of these aircraft.
(learned this one last week on the History Channel)

Would these be the Waco CG-4 gliders?

[TA152]

[TA152]

Very good Bill, over to you. [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img]

[Bill Murray]

Okay, sorry about taking so long. This should be a fairly easy one for you here.

This US airplane was originally built by Consolidated as Model 32, it was one of the most versitile and widely produced aircraft in history. This plane first flew in 1940 and was just entering service when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, but by the end of the war it had served in every theater. It was the mainstay of Allied bomber operations in the Pacific with the exception of the attacks by B-29's on the Japanese homeland. They also served with the Eighth and 15th Air Force where they made up one-third of the bomber force. Their range, speed and payload capacity led to the conversion of several thousand to transport roles where they were designated as C-87's. What was the more commonly known designation for this bomber?

[Col. Hessler]

B-24 Liberator

[Bill Murray]

That is correct Col, over to you.

[Col. Hessler]

Ok here is one. Where was the first German serviceman killed in the war and by who?

[hamburg]

He was killed in China by the Japanese. In 1937??

[Col. Hessler]

Yep, you got it.

[hamburg]

Name the B 29 that droped the second atomic bomb on Japan and his original target.

[Martin Bull]

I think it was 'Bock's Car' and the original target ( obscured by cloud on the day ) was Kokura.

[hamburg]

Right on target. Over to you.

[Martin Bull]

Thanks, Hamburg !

Here's a nice easy one : in November 1940 during combat over the English Channel a very famous German ace was shot down and killed by an RAF ace who was heard to shout over his radio : 'Whoopee - I've got one !' moments before he, too, was shot down and killed by the German aces wingman ( himself an ace ! ). The RAF ace in question was closely related to another RAF ace.

Name all four 'aces' mentioned in this posting !

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[hamburg]

A little research on the internet gave me this names:
Major Helmuth Wick was shot down by
Flight Lieutenant John Dundas, who was shot down by Wick's wingman Hauptmann “Rudi” Pflanz.
Group Captain Hugh Dundas, who flew with Bader, was his brother.

[Martin Bull]

Well done, hamburg - you got all four ! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Back to you.....

[hamburg]

Ok, an easy one. Churchill IV NA75 - who was the main man behind this conversion, what was the main change and what designation NA stands for?

[Martin Bull]

Good question ! The man involved was Captain P H Morrell who was responsible for scrapping large numbers of Allied tanks at the end of the North African campaign.

It had been realised that the 6pr gun mounted in the Churchill was fairly feeble - Morrell came up with the idea of up-gunning the Churchill by using the M3 75mm gun from wrecked Shermans.

He replaced a Churchill's 6pr with a Sherman mantlet/gun assembly ; turning the mounting through 180 degrees and placing the breach the opposite way to the Sherman fitting. An additional enhancement was the elimination of a notorious Churchill 'shell-trap' by using the Sherman mantlet.

The experiment was so successful that Morrell's sceptical superiors were convinced : some 200 tanks were modified, mainly being used in the Italian theatre.

Now, as to the 'NA' prefix - I can't find the explanation in any of my books. I'll guess at 'North American'....?

[TheRedBaron]

I think the NA stands for 'North Africa' Martin.