The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 05 Nov 2012, 01:33

hi,

Sergeant Stubby ? see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Ironmachine » 05 Nov 2012, 09:18

Correct.
Over to you, pb.


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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 05 Nov 2012, 12:21

hi,

and which hero is this ?

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 19 Nov 2012, 14:37

hi,

I thought that this was easy ... now two weeks later, hint #1 : another sergeant of (movie) fame ...

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by AVV » 20 Nov 2012, 11:36

Hello!
A very useful hint again! :)
ALVIN CULLUM YORK
http://prweb0.voicenet.com/~lpadilla/york.html

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 21 Nov 2012, 00:07

hi, Aleks,

quite right, of course !

carry on,

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Post by AVV » 21 Nov 2012, 10:50

Thanks!
Another man - may be, not so famous as the previous one, but also a well-known person.

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Post by AVV » 24 Nov 2012, 18:13

An air ace...

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Post by AVV » 27 Nov 2012, 17:10

AVV wrote:An air ace...
The best ace of his nation.

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Post by AVV » 29 Nov 2012, 10:52

Was the second to carry out certain action, and the first to survive it.

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Post by Terry Duncan » 30 Nov 2012, 01:57

As a guess is it Alexander Kazakov who I think was the first to survive the tactic of aerial ramming?

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Post by AVV » 30 Nov 2012, 10:29

Quite right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kazakov
Over to you!

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Terry Duncan » 30 Nov 2012, 16:54

Thanks AVV, I didnt think to look on Wiki to check, it was just that the discussion of ramming had come up in a chat with a friend who is far more knowledgeable on the aviation side than myself and the name had stuck in my mind.

For the next question I would ask 'who did Jellicoe nominate to succeed him as CinC Grand Fleet when he was transferred to the Admiralty?'


As a side question, I was going to ask if anyone could name the aeroplane that the designer told people was going to be the key element in a daring plot to kidnap Kaiser Wilhelm II? Sadly I cannot find out if this is actually true or not which makes it a little dubious as a question, but would love to know the answer as to how true it really was! Anyone know the plane?

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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Graham Clayton » 31 Dec 2012, 07:08

Terry Duncan wrote:As a side question, I was going to ask if anyone could name the aeroplane that the designer told people was going to be the key element in a daring plot to kidnap Kaiser Wilhelm II? Sadly I cannot find out if this is actually true or not which makes it a little dubious as a question, but would love to know the answer as to how true it really was! Anyone know the plane?
Terry,

The plane was the Christmas Bullet:

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/air ... ullet.html
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Re: The official AHF WW1 quiz thread

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Post by Terry Duncan » 31 Dec 2012, 16:36

Hi Graham,

That would be correct. Its an interesting story, not least in that people thought the thing would fly, but I have struggled to ever see much on the supposed plan to kidnap the Kaiser! Your turn to set a question if you would like.

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