WWII Forums Quiz Part VII

[skunk works]

Somewhat different version?
HMS Seal, Cmdr. R.P. Lonsdale
On a mission to mine Kattegat, did deploy mines, but was spotted and depth bombed. Actually went to sea floor, but crew managed to surface and attempt a run for Sweden.
Spotted by seaplane and run down by (pre-war) trawler Franken/UJ 128.
Capitulated
From U-Boat.net

[mikebatzel]

Hi skunk, Yep you are correct in your discription but the first air attack came before the mines where laid.

May 04, 1940 02.30 a. m. HMS Seal was attacked by a German "He 115" aircraft from the "Küstenfliegergruppe 76" in Aalborg. The boat was slightly damaged.


May 04, 1940 09.00 a. m. They started to lay the mine barrier. After 45 minutes all 50 mines have been correctly laid.

May 04, 1940 06.30 p. m. HMS Seal was badly damaged by a mine hit and laid on ground at 30 meter depth.
May 05, 1940 01.30 a. m. The crew managed to surface the boat and attempted to reach Swedish waters, but one hour later a German Ar 196 seaplane discovered the submarine. The "Arado" under Oblt. Mehrens attacked HMS Seal with 2 bombs and machine-gun fire. A few minutes later a second "Arado" under Oblt. Schmidt also attacked the boat. On board the HMS Seal some of the crew were wounded. Then the boat was captured by the German seaplanes.

Wiki also adds that the minefield laid by HMS Seal later sunk 1 German and 3 Swedish ships, though I don't know where that info came from so take it with a little salt

[skunk works]

Sounds like she got even. Good enuf then

All's fair in love n war.

[TA152]

This American aircraft first flew on Nov. 17, 1943 and was built out of a conglomeration or parts from other existing production aircraft. Parts came from the P-51, Dauntless, P-40, and Corsair. It had contrarotating props and an Allison liquid cooled engine. 2500 were ordered before it ever flew and it was to have a long range escort mission.

Name the aircraft

[Slipdigit]

XP-75 Eagle?

[TA152]

A winner from the great State of Texabama !

[skunk works]

day late & a dollar short.

Looked up

Northrup XP-56 Black Bullet, but a Pratt & Whitney

Republic XP-72, but Pratt & Whitney again

Then the (GM) Fisher XP-75 Eagle with dual mid(P-39) configuration Allisons put in a "V"

"WINNER"

too late

[TA152]

It's one of those ideas that seem good on paper but then reality sets in

[Slipdigit]

These camps all shared the same unique function, among other activities.

Camp Alva, Oklahoma,
Camp Como, Mississippi
Camp Indianola, Nebraska
Camp Siebert, Alabama
Camp Hood, Texas
Camp Crowder, Missouri
Holabird Signal Depot, Maryland
Halloran General Hospital, New York
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
Fort Riley, Kansas
Fort Dix, New Jersey

What was it?

[scarface]

Originally Posted by Slipdigit

These camps all shared the same unique function, among other activities.

Camp Alva, Oklahoma,
Camp Como, Mississippi
Camp Indianola, Nebraska
Camp Siebert, Alabama
Camp Hood, Texas
Camp Crowder, Missouri
Holabird Signal Depot, Maryland
Halloran General Hospital, New York
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
Fort Riley, Kansas
Fort Dix, New Jersey

What was it?

German POW Internment Camps

UBoat Net

-whatever

-Lou

[Slipdigit]

Ding

Your go, Lou.

[scarface]

I was reading an article about P-51's in the Pacific.... and the author was talking about '... the greatest invention of the War.'

It was a navigation system for over the long expanses of water encountered in the Pacifc....

... and it was referred to 'Uncle-Dog'....


.... what was it, and how did it work?

-whatever

-Lou

[skunk works]

A pair of VHF antennae side by side on aft fuselage of the "Twangs" tuned 1/4 wavelength apart and whichever would collect the signal first....and suppress the other receiver (the last B-29 was sending) would transmit a Morse code letter R (turn right) = "U" dit-dit-dah, and L (turn left) = "D" dah-dit-dit. D=Dog, U=Uncle.
When the 51(s) were on course to the transmitting bomber, either towards the target or home, a Hummmm would be heard/
Uncle Dog.

[scarface]

and that would be the perfect answer!

Take it away, Skonk!

-whatever

-Lou

[skunk works]

Until the end of May, 1945 the newly named 20th AF (PTO) sustained one crew member loss per 30 tons of bombs dropped.
As mustangs and Navy fighters became omnipresent with the B-29s, in the last six weeks that number became one crew member for every 173 tons.

What were the numbers for the AAF heavy bombers in the ETO?

One crew member per every "blank" tons?

[scarface]

I was told there would be no math questions.


-whatever

-Lou

(...if I'd wanted stinkin' MATH question, I'd have joined a stinkin' MATH forum!...)

[Slipdigit]

Awe, Lou, go shave yourself and get mellow.

[scarface]

Okay.... I took Jeff's advice.... had a 'steamed towel' treatment followed by a straight-razor shave and feel much 'mellower', thank you very much!

I did a quick search, and the only thing I came up with was a Wiki link, in which they give a summary table with the total tonnage dropped, and then add the caveate

'...The figures for tons of bombs dropped by the USAAF in the summary
table should be used with caution. They may refer to the global total..

So, basically, they're saying 'Here's some data, but we don't know where it came from, and we're not even sure what it is, but..... whatever'

-good grief!

...still lookin'...

-whatever

-Lou

[skunk works]

I hate to see anyone suffer, so a hint...

double digits...

less than 30

if you had "Impact" (the confidential picture history of Army Air Forces in World War Two), in which all eight books are just packed with endless goodies (such as this), you could just turn to page 18 of book 8 and there it would be.

PSS.. one of my last two posts has the correct two digit number in it, in the correct sequence. That narrows it down to "5" possibilities.

[Slipdigit]

28?

[skunk works]

Quite a bit bloodier than the PTO.

...ei_ht__n...add a (gee) and get 18

close enough. no point in guessing again, that'd be torturous nonsense.

your go