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Vickers Wellington Mk I?
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No cigar for Gordon 
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October 5th, 2005, 06:38 PM
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Hint: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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Raquel ?[spelling]
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October 6th, 2005, 12:27 AM
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No, I know it is difficult and demeaning but think of your allies south of the channel.
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Dailliere in Farman 223.4 named Jules Verne.
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It was Centre NC 223.4 number 2 civil regester F-ARIN named [i]Jules Verne{/i] that performed that feat on the night of June 7 - 8 1940. The crew flew a 13.5 hour mission up the Channel, across Denmark to Berlin taking off Bordeaux - Merignac and landing back at Paris - Orly. They dropped 4,409 lbs of bombs on the mission.
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If you posted 18 mins. earlier you would be a winner. Maybe I should take off an hour since you are in the mountain time zone. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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T. A. you can go if you want to. I don't have a good question anyway.
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October 8th, 2005, 01:05 AM
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Ok:
What was the furthest airborne / parachute assault in terms of distance flown from base in WW 2? Bonus points for distance flown.
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What?!! No takers? Not even the Red Baron who wrote a thesis on parachute unit operations in WW 2?!!
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Landings in North Africa during Torch by 2/509 Para Bn.
From Cornwall in the UK to Oran.
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October 17th, 2005, 02:26 PM
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We have a winner! Col. Raff's parachute battalion was flown over 1500 miles from England to le Bains airfield in Algeria for the drop. The C-47's were to land on the airfield after its capture lacking the range to return to friendly territory. In practice the operation was a conplete disaster but, it still marks the furthest orgainzed large parachute drop of WW II.
Your turn Al.
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How many Nations had Ground Troops fighting in the Italian Campaign including Sicily, and name them.
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Germany
Italy
Britain
India
New Zealand
Poland
Brazil
USA
France
Canada
Nepal (Gurkas)
South Africa
Palastine
Morocco
Greece
15... Cant think of anymore... Although I think perhaps Norway, Algeria and Australia for some reason... So put me down for 18!
Bet I think of one I missed as soon as I post this...
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I've got a few more, hoping the Gurkhas would catch some out.
I'm accepting down to Bn/Rgt sized units
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October 19th, 2005, 01:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by TheRedBaron:
Germany
Italy
Britain
India
New Zealand
Poland
Brazil
USA
France
Canada
Nepal (Gurkas)
South Africa
Palastine
Morocco
Greece
15... Cant think of anymore... Although I think perhaps Norway, Algeria and Australia for some reason... So put me down for 18!
Bet I think of one I missed as soon as I post this...
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Drop Palestine, it wasn't a nation then or now.
Otherwise, add:
Algeria
Brazil
Rhodisia
Australia
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October 19th, 2005, 04:07 AM
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I'm accepting Palestine.
Australia didnt have any Ground Troops.
Sthn Rhodesia was another tricky one, an Armoured Car Rgt served with 6 Sth African Armoured Division.
2 to go, plus one which is technically not correct.
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October 19th, 2005, 11:33 AM
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I wont be here for a few days.
My list is.
United Kingdom
United States
India
Nepal
New Zealand
Sth Africa
Brazil
Poland
Greece
Canada
Palestine
Sthn Rhodesia
France
Morocco
Tunisia
Algeria
Senegal
Maybe New Caledonia, I've misplaced my book.
Germany
Italy
And for the really outfield comment, Japan.
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I know it is not my turn, but in an effort to revive this very interesting thread here is a new question.
In 1942 one of the Axis armies surrounded an entire city with barbed wire, essentially creating a concentrating camp out of it.
Name the city and the Axis force that did it.
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Sorry, no.
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A wild, off-the-wall guess - Skopje by the Bulgarians ?
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