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  1. Martin Bull

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    No-o-o ; clue : it was an object that would otherwise be considered immovable ! ;)
     
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    Hi Martin, Wasnt it part of a chimney pot?
     
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    He brought back a German War Flag [​IMG] Non? well then, I guess his aircraft got tangled in a clothes line on still on the clothesline was a brazzier (double-barrelled slongshot) that had belonged to Gorings wife. :D [​IMG] [​IMG] :rolleyes: [​IMG]
     
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    Steve - well done !

    It was indeed a chimneypot.
    Flying at (very!) low level, the pilot felt a bump, and ( according to legend ) the chimneypot 'landed in the navigator's lap'.

    The Mosquito returned to base with a three-foot hole in the fuselage. I wonder where the chimneypot is now ?

    Over to Florida for the next question..... :cool:
     
    Martin Bull, Oct 15, 2002
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    What was the name of the British Navies anti-submarine weapon that fire forward of the ship?
     
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    Wild guess - 'Hedgehog' ?
     
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    I knew that was to easy. :D
     
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    Sorry, Steve !

    OK, another non-Waffen SS question, in two parts.

    What was the name of the British photo-interpreter who first 'discovered' the V1 ?
    - and where was this person working at the time ? ;)
     
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    Dont know his name but, he was probably working at Bletchley Park.
     
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  10. Martin Bull

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    Wrong and wrong ! ( There's a clue there somewhere ;) )
     
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    How about....

    either Flight Officer Constance Babington-Smith or Wing Commander Douglas Kendall working at the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham. Although I think Constance found it first and Kendall confirmed it.

    The photos they were looking at were taken by Squadron Leader John Merifield flying a Mosquito PR IX of No. 540 Squadron, and were taken over Peenemunde on Nov 28, 1943, after an abortive photo-recce flight over Berlin.

    Close???

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    Sniper, Oct 16, 2002
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  12. Martin Bull

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    Direct hit, Sniper !

    History usually gives the honour to Ms Babington-Smith, and I didn't think anyone'd get the 'Medmenham' bit.

    Oh, er...thanks for mentioning the Mosquito ! [​IMG] ;) :D
     
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    Thanks Martin.

    I was looking through my Allied Photo Reconnaissance of WW2 book the other day and saw a picture of Constance Babington-Smith checking some photos. So it all fell into place. She might have been a bit of a cutee back in her younger days.

    Okay guys here's one to ponder on.

    Smallest tracked vehicle used by the Germans? (that's the easy part) Manufacturer? Operated by what specialist unit?

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    'As long as I can shoot down the enemy, adding honour to the Richtofen Geschwader and the success of the Fatherland, I will be a happy man. I want to fight and die fighting, taking with me as many of the enemy as possible" Major Helmut Wick, 57 Victories, KIA 28 Nov. 1940, aged 25.
     
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    The first thing that comes to my mind is the "Goliath".

    "...1940 a small demolition carrier, which was developed by the French manufacturer Kegresse ( the beginning )From April 1942 to January 1944 the manufacturers Borward and Zündapp ... "

    The first "Goliath" E-Motor vehicles were given to Panzerpionierkompanien (Goliath) 811-815, which belong to Heerespionierbataillon(mot) zbV600 (Taifun). Also the Pioniersturmbrigade 627 got some of the first "Goliath".

    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1167/egoliath.html
     
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    Spot on Kai. Goliath it was.

    At wars end 7,500 Goliath had been built. Some petrol powered and some just by batteries.

    Most successfully used in the Warsaw uprising.

    Over to you. :D
     
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    Thanx sniper!

    So, my question is on Adolf Galland and it is a trick question. So if you know you know etc!

    How many times did he receive Brilliants to his Knight´s Cross with Oak Leaves with Swords?? And let´s say this is during the WW2.

    This is a great story, by the way!

    :D
     
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    Kai-4 times....
     
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    Panzerknacker,

    I do have a feeling you know this, but can you be a bit more precise as I don´t get the number 4 within ww2? Like from who, don´t need the date though..I might remember wrong myself now as I don´t have the book with me but as I recall the number of times he got the brilliants during ww2 was not 4.

    ;)
     
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    In ww2, I think he recieved them twice--ones unofficially as I believe they were a borrowed set from another winner, and then officially when he recieved them from Hitler.

    Or am I way off base? ;)
     
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    Oh-yes-sorry

    He received the Diamonds once from another flyer who made a mock award of them to Galland at his airfield after receiving notification by telegram.ONCE

    Received the Diamonds from Hitler at his actual ceremony. TWICE

    Misplaced his set of Diamonds at an airfield in Germany and was presented with a mock set for the time being. THREE

    For instituting the Me262 into frontline combat service, and gaining several kills in the jet against Allied 'heavies' it was decided that had Galland not already officially received the Diamonds-he should receive them now. FOUR

    Take a breath no....and hope that I am right of course....
     
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