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616 Squadron

Quiz number 10 is here courtesy of Grizzly Adams, and it's a corker. A good picture quiz with plenty of scope for some research on the harder ones.

Quiz number 9 is now over. Congratulations go to Claes Sköld for getting all 10 correct answers. As usual I've left the quiz in place, with the answers further down the page.

1. What WW2 US combat aircraft was known as the widow maker?
2. Who was the 1st USAAF pilot to become an ace in a single mission (i.e- he shot down 5 of the enemy in one mission)?
3. And for extra points, what was his famous P-51D Mustang called?
4. In the pacific theatre WWII, which type of USAAF airplane was responsible for downing the most Japanese aircraft?
5. ..........and which US pilot flew this plane to then become the top scoring US ace of WWII?
6. The above pilot was then killed test flying a US airplane- the P-80. What was this plane called more commonly (Like the P-47 was called the Thunderbolt, the P-80 was called the?)?
7. The famous 617 squadron, after doing many daring deeds over Europe, was selected to go to the Pacific and bomb Japan (along with another RAF squadron). All the aircraft were painted almost entirely white and was assigned to a force know as what?
8. After the war Barnes Wallis thought up a rather nifty 'feature' which is used on some of today's aircraft such as the Grumman F-14 'Turkey' and the B-1 Lancer. What was this (rather noticeable!) feature?
9. Which US plane was built more than any other in WWII?
10. Which US aircraft was known as the 'Ensign Eliminator'?

Answers below

1) B26 Marauder
2) Chuck Yeager
3) Glamourous Glennis III
4) P38 Lightning
5) Bong
6) Shooting Star
7) Tiger Force
8) Variable geometry wing
9) B24 Liberator
10) F4 Corsair

Quiz number 8 is now over. As expected this proved to be a difficult one, but we did get an overall winner who get every question right. Well done 'Grizzly Adams'.

As ever I've left the quiz in place for those who'd still like a go. Answers are below it.

Here is quiz 8
1. Of which WWII aircraft is this the cockpit?
2. Which variant of which aircraft is this?
3. One of the RAF's rarer birds. What is it?
4. Name this obscure type briefly operated by the Luftwaffe.
5. No clues to nationality. What is it?
6. And finally, what is this beastie?

Answers below:

1) Mosquito
2) Tempest Mk.II
3) de Havilland Albatross
4) Captured B26 Marauder
5) Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien 'Tony'
6) Vickers Warwick

You can still try quiz 7, the answers are below.
1. Which WWII aircraft type was nicknamed Iron Annie?
2. In May 1940 the German cruiser Konigsberg became the first capital ship ever to be destroyed by aircraft. She was sunk by Fleet Air Arm dive bombers. Name the aircraft type used to sink her?
3. Which aircraft manufacturing company produced the Whitley bomber?
4. What was the popular name given to the 12,000lb bomb type used to destroy the German battleship Tirpitz?
5. Which was the only RDF station completely knocked out by the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain?
6. What was the Luftwaffe's nickname for the P38?
Tie Breaker: "Tally Ho!" was the signal used by the RAF pilots when they spotted, and were about to engage, enemy aircraft. What was the Luftwaffe equivalent?

The answers are below:

1 - Ju52

2 - Blackburn Skua

3 - Armstrong Whitworth

4 - Tallboy

5 - Ventnor

6 - Twin forked devil

TB - "Pauke". Many people answered "Horrido" but I'm assured this isn't the case.

Here are the answers to quiz number 5. There was a pretty good turn out for this one, so thanks to everybody who took part and I hope you enjoyed it. I've kept the questions to quiz number 4 further down the page so people can try them out.

Forgetting something, aren't I? Yes, the winner of the quiz - a shared win this time for Wraith and Unkempt, who both got 3 of the 4 questions right. Well done chaps.

1. Where was R. J. Mitchell (the designer of the Spitfire) from?
Southampton
Stoke-on-Trent
Castle Bromwich

2. What was Douglas Bader flying when he had his famous crash that cost him his legs?
Hart
Bulldog
Tiger Moth

3. Douglas Bader led the Tangmere Wing. Who was his contemporary in charge of the Biggin Hill Wing?
Al Deere
'Johnnie' Johnson
Adolph Malan
Guy Gibson

4. Which of the following was not an RAF aeroplane?
Oxford
Manchester
Stirling
None, they are all aeroplanes

Answers below

1. Stoke-on-Trent. Supermarine were based in Southampton, and Castle Bromwich had a well known Spitfire factory.

2. Bristol Bulldog. The Hawker Hart is another well known plane of the early 30s. Most people know Bader was flying a biplane, so the Tiger Moth was put in to mislead.

3. Adolph Malan ('Sailor' Malan). Johnson didn't lead a Wing until much later at Kenley, Gibson was a bomber leader, Deere was a contemporary of Bader and Malan.

4. None. The Oxford is a small twin-engine plane which doubled up as a bomber in emergencies (e.g. Iraq), the Manchester was the twin-engined precursor of the Lancaster, the Stirling was another four-engined heavy bomber.

Here are the questions and answers to quiz number 4. This has proved to be another difficult one that has stretched some of our AA players. As a consequence the tie breaker has not had to be called in, but I'll be giving the answer anyway. So, here are the questions and their corresponding answers are below. Thank you to everybody who entered and congratulations to Martin Shaw for winning.

1) You know from these pages that 616 sqn flew Spitfires. What were 617 sqn famous for flying?

2) The RAF flew a plane known as a "Tiffie". What is the full name for this aeroplane?

3) What are angels?

4) What does "Buster" mean? - as in "Red section, 15 plus bandits vector zero four five, buster buster."

5) What does it mean to go "through the gate"?

6) "Bandits" is the term used by the RAF to mean an enemy aircraft. What was the equivalent term in the Luftwaffe? I want the answer in German!

Answers below

Lancasters
Typhoon
Height in thousands of feet
Maximum speed
To push the throttle through to its highest setting so that it breaks a metal strip placed to stop this happening accidentally
Indianer

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Last updated 19 Jan 2001