world war2 air war quizz

olife · #1 10-22-2009, 05:52 PM

hello
here is a quizz about ww2 air war for everybody and for the fun

n1 :who are the first,the second and the third luftwaffe aces of war world 2?

n2 :during the battle of the leyte gulf in october 1944,the us navy ace david mccampbell was a pilot of :-f4u corsair?
-f6f hellcat?
-f4f wildcat?

n3 :what is the physical particukarity of the famous british pilot douglas bader?

n4 :max speed of me 163 komet at the altitude of 10000 meters?

n5 :the american nickname for the jap ki-84 hayate figther is :-baka?
-frances?
-franck?

n6 :how many machine guns in the hurricanne mk1?

n7: who is the first soviet ace?

n8:the maximum number of kills during one air fight for an usaaf pilot?(pacific theater)

that is all.please give me a short replies because im french and my english is not very good!!lol thanks a lot and good luck
i post the solutions the october 25 th(sunday)

FOZ_1983 · #2 10-23-2009, 12:15 AM

1) Hartmann? dont know any others sorry.

2) Hellcat (all of his kills in hellcat i think?) not 100% sure though sorry.

3) Bader had no legs below the knee, making it possible for him to pull more G

4) No idea at all!! id guess...... very fast?

5) Frank was the nickname for the Ki-84

6) Mk1 generally had eight .303 browning machine guns

7) No idea what so ever (sorry)

Not really into the pacific theatre, sorry

Soviet Ace · #3 10-23-2009, 01:53 AM

1. Eric Hartmann, Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall (for sure)

2. It was actually a FM2 Wildcat, not F4Fs. (Tin Can Sailors is a good book on Leyte Gulf)

3. Yeah, he had part of his leg missing?

4. Dunno that one.

5. "Frank"

6. Started with 8, but then later on 12.

7. (Easy) Boris Safonov

8. 2? But it depends on the year your talking about.

FOZ_1983 · #4 10-23-2009, 02:13 AM

Your sure number 2 is the wildcat?

I don't doubt you because i know next to nothing on this theatre, but i remember watching some documentary and im certain its the hellcat he flew and got all his victories in.

The hurricane Mk1 didnt have 12 MG's either, they stuck with 8. the 12 guns were implemented into the MkII series, because a new reinforced wing could handle that many guns in the wing (as well as rockets/bombs/drop tanks)

Soviet Ace · #5 10-23-2009, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Your sure number 2 is the wildcat?

I don't doubt you because i know next to nothing on this theatre, but i remember watching some documentary and im certain its the hellcat he flew and got all his victories in.

The hurricane Mk1 didnt have 12 MG's either, they stuck with 8. the 12 guns were implemented into the MkII series, because a new reinforced wing could handle that many guns in the wing (as well as rockets/bombs/drop tanks)

Yes. The only US fighters at Leyte Gulf, were the US Navy FM2 Wildcats which flew off of the "Truck Carriers". F4Fs were kinda phased out in 44'. And Grumman started to focus on F6Fs and such, while GM created the FM1-2-3s (which 3s were just a prototype that I don't think actually got off the paper?)

slaodetyp · #6 10-23-2009, 02:30 AM

b back l8er, bro,

FOZ_1983 · #7 10-23-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Yes. The only US fighters at Leyte Gulf, were the US Navy FM2 Wildcats which flew off of the "Truck Carriers". F4Fs were kinda phased out in 44'. And Grumman started to focus on F6Fs and such, while GM created the FM1-2-3s (which 3s were just a prototype that I don't think actually got off the paper?)

The battle for sibuyan sea (part of leyte gulf yes?) the japanese fleet was sighted and attacked by torpedo bombers and dive bobmers aswell as fighters... hellcats. Im sure i distinctivly remember this.

I just dont have strong knowledge of this theatre at all so to be honest i dont have a leg to stand on. Im prob wrong though. I just remember thinking how odd it was that hellcats were straffing ships with MG's etc.

Your prob right.

olife · #8 10-24-2009, 04:30 PM

for question n7:"who was the first soviet ace?" i want say"who was the soviet ace top scorer ?"

haitch40 · #9 10-25-2009, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by olife

for question n7:"who was the first soviet ace?" i want say"who was the soviet ace top scorer ?"

so not the first russian to become an ace

FOZ_1983 · #10 10-25-2009, 10:26 AM

Im confused by this question.

If it was the first "ace" then maybe someone during the spanish civil war? but that doesnt count as WW2 does it so that cant be right.

If its the overall top soviet ace by the end of the war then that erm.....

some russian dude i think