WWII Forums Quiz Part VII

[Slipdigit]

one is right, which one you want to go with?

[skunk works]

California

[Slipdigit]

Correct.

I started to ask when one was designed without casemate guns, but wasn't sure if initial designs of the Colorado had them, even though the casemates were eliminated early enough for them to have a flushed hull line. This made me unsure about it or the North Carolina Class, so I went with launched.

[skunk works]

Thanks,

Most of the time this is the other way round, I just want to show it was mutual.

Name "5" British airplanes used by the Americans ?

[Slipdigit]

not counting gliders, correct?

[skunk works]

Anything that flies will do, even parachutes he he he
I'll take the Horsa as 1
hint...makers

Supermarine
Hawker
Bristol
Westland
Short
de Havilland

[Slipdigit]

Bolton Paul Defiant
the Mossy
Beaufighter
Spitfire
Avro Anson

edit:
Then add the Horsa

[skunk works]

Bo
Spit
Mossie

you have 4

not familiar with use of Anson/defiant (close enough) your go.
know
Walrus
lysander
Sunderland
Hurricane
Otter
Avro York
Typhoon
and that Canadian job Glenn Miller went down in. Norseman

[Slipdigit]

I must confess I got the Defiant and Anson from Mr Wikipedia.


edit
I completely ignored your good hints

[Slipdigit]

What British capital warship was laid down on 31 July 1916, an important day in the history of the Royal Navy?

[Slipdigit]

Originally Posted by Slipdigit

What British capital warship was laid down on 31 July 1916, an important day in the history of the Royal Navy?

Hint: Look at the date and what happened to three large British ships of the same general type on that day and how history repeats itself.

[hamburg]

HMS Hood. Battle of Jutland was fought on that day in which three British BC blew up: HMS Indefatigable, HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible, on which admiral Hood lost his life. HMS Hood was officially designated as a BC.

[Slipdigit]

yes,correct.

The floor is yours.

[hamburg]

"A three-quarter mile stretch was market out, and timekeepers stationed, while the driver was instructed to keep his foot down. ....... so fast that the timekeepers forgot their task, and the driver, unable to turn or brake in time, vanished in to the trees."

What were they testing, and for bonus points, where and when?

[Slipdigit]

you're gonna have to give a hint or two.

[hamburg]

It was Crusader tank that went in to the woods.

[Slipdigit]

That was a hint.

Ask another question.

[hamburg]

They didn't test the tank but something else, something that was latter used in many other tanks, and it happened at the start of 1941.

[Slipdigit]

Originally Posted by hamburg

They didn't test the tank but something else, something that was latter used in many other tanks, and it happened at the start of 1941.

Oh sorry, misunderstood. This is a bit of a hard one one.

[skunk works]

Christie suspension ?

[T. A. Gardner]

Just an off-the-cuff guess: Some fool slapped a massive supercharger on the engine boosting its horsepower substancially.