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Re: The official AHF WW2 quiz thread

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Post by WEISWEILER » 26 Jan 2014, 11:43

If you mean the 2011 movie: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan

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Post by Attrition » 26 Jan 2014, 15:00

I had John Belushi in mind from 1941....


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Post by WEISWEILER » 26 Jan 2014, 16:25

Ah, but you give 'm away now. ;)

Suppose you have a new question?

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Post by Polar bear » 26 Feb 2014, 14:52

hi, Weisweiler,

as you gave the right answer, why not pose one yourself ? Go ahead ..

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Post by WEISWEILER » 26 Feb 2014, 20:51

ehm, I didn't gave the right answer. It was John Belushi. ;)

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Post by Graham Clayton » 15 Mar 2014, 12:33

I'll post a question to get the quiz moving again.

What was the only carrier-based aircraft of WW2 that saw its service exclusively with land-based units?
"Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air." - Air Marshal Arthur Tedder.

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Post by John Hilly » 15 Mar 2014, 18:57

Brewster F2A?
Piece time service on Carriers, but not during the war?
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Post by Rob Stuart » 16 Mar 2014, 00:31

It can't be the F2A. It saw service, but no combat, on Saratoga during the first weeks of the war.

I think there may be several correct answers, actually. There is the Vildebeest, for example, which saw combat in defence of Singapore but not from carriers. Then there is the Me-109T. About a dozen were made for service aboard Graf Zeppelin, and since it never entered service they were flown from shore bases. And there is at least one late-war Japanese aircraft which entered service after the Japanese carrier fleet had been decimated and had no opportunity to serve afloat, namely the Aichi B7A Ryusei.

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Post by Graham Clayton » 16 Mar 2014, 06:20

Rob Stuart wrote:And there is at least one late-war Japanese aircraft which entered service after the Japanese carrier fleet had been decimated and had no opportunity to serve afloat, namely the Aichi B7A Ryusei.
Rob,
That's the one I was thinking of - by the time the Ryusei went into service, there were no Japanese aircraft carriers left.

Your turn to post a question.
"Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air." - Air Marshal Arthur Tedder.

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Post by Rob Stuart » 16 Mar 2014, 11:40

Thanks Graham.

Next question: In what city was this picture taken?
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Post by John Hilly » 16 Mar 2014, 18:19

Long Branch, Ontario, Canada?
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Post by Rob Stuart » 16 Mar 2014, 19:14

No, but an excellent guess and in fact very close.

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Post by Rob Stuart » 16 Mar 2014, 19:28

John, I stand corrected. The photo is from the Canadian archives. It is at http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_arch ... e000762940 and is captioned "Agnes Wong, Chinese-Canadian munitions worker, adding a butt to the end of a gun at the John Inglis Company plant", however I've just searched on "Agnes Wong" within the archives website and found another picture of her, http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_arch ... 273,106731, captioned "Female Chinese-Canadian worker Agnes Wong of Whitecourt, Alberta, assembles a sten gun produced for China by the Small Arms Ltd. plant" and taken the same day. Since Inglis produced Brens and 9mm Brownings, and SAL at Long Branch produced rifles and Stens, the caption on the photo I posted must be wrong and your answer is actually correct. Well done and over to you.

Rob

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Post by John Hilly » 17 Mar 2014, 18:23

Thanks Rob!
It was really a far shot. I guessed there must be something "wrong" with a Japenese woman constructing Sten, and only searched where and if they made Stens in Canada.

A new one:
Something special happened in the town of Morong in the Philippines Islands against the Japanese on January 16, 1942. What made this event memorable?

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Post by Graham Clayton » 17 Mar 2014, 23:09

John Hilly wrote:Thanks Rob!
A new one:
Something special happened in the town of Morong in the Philippines Islands against the Japanese on January 16, 1942. What made this event memorable?

With best,
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The last cavalry charge by US cavalry:

http://www.uscavalry.org/USCA-LastChargePrint.pdf
"Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air." - Air Marshal Arthur Tedder.

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