The official AHF WW2 Western Europe quiz thread

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Re: The official AHF WW2 Western Europe quiz thread

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 15 Dec 2010, 23:17

Hello Aleks!

Nice of you to start the bidding, but sorry not he.
Not Switzerland.
Not a military airport.
Nnno...internment...? 8-)

Please try again.


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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 21 Dec 2010, 14:51

At the time the wing was under the command of this officer
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Post by Polar bear » 22 Dec 2010, 20:13

hi,

opening the garden gate for further apple harvest ... for me or others ... :milsmile:

the officer is Wolfgang Falck, he commanded I./ZG 1 in the spring of 1940, later, in the fall, the NJG 1

translating Waleed´s "wing" into a German air force "Gruppe", the a/c should belong to I/ZG 1.

landing in Sweden during WESERÜBUNG can be excluded as all targets were West of Swedish territory ... hmmm ...

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 23 Dec 2010, 16:44

Falck, I/ZG 1, spring 1940, Weserübung and not Sweden... all correct.

Engine problems was the reason for landing where it did.


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Post by John Hilly » 24 Dec 2010, 16:33

In Demark, but where?
No idea. :roll:

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Post by Polar bear » 24 Dec 2010, 22:03

hi,

it landed in Waleed´s own backyard !! :milsmile: http://flensted.eu.com/g194006.shtml

greetings and my best wishes :D for a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New year to all of you, the pb
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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 25 Dec 2010, 23:36

You couldn't be more right! :lol:

It probably landed circa 1 km or less from where I live :D
Skejby is a village and suburb about 6 km north of the centre of Aarhus.
At the time it was nearly all fields. Nearby there was also large military training area
and (where I suspect it landed) a small air field used mostly for gliders and other small aircraft.
Today most of this is part of Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, either as buildings or parking lots.
What's left of the training area is still an interesting spot. I've been lucky to find lots of leftovers
from the Wehrmacht days and what might interest you... Tauchretter parts!
But that's a different story and irrelevant to the quiz :D


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Post by Polar bear » 28 Dec 2010, 21:00

hi,

after consideration, it seems that I have to continue ... :)

a second try - after my failure with the He 111 Z - with a text question ... :roll:

more than ten (10) Luftwaffe NCOs got a Knight´s Cross for performing successfully a task which you couldn´t deduce from their official "job title" ...

what was the task and what was the job title ?

for our more picture-oriented quizzers - a slightly bent :idea: hint :milwink:

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Post by Polar bear » 31 Dec 2010, 16:59

hi,

a last-day-of-the-year hint:

flying personnel in a certain environment, they got their awards for their share in victories others were officially credited with ...

greetings, the pb
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Post by AVV » 31 Dec 2010, 18:33

Hello!
As a variant - radar operators on night fighters?

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Post by Polar bear » 31 Dec 2010, 19:49

hello, Aleks,

not a variant ... that´s right !

the official job title was "Bordfunker" or "wireless operator" - in the nightfighter he was (additionally) responsible for
(1) the radar detection and guidance towards the target (bomber) until visually sighted by the pilot
(2) the navigation by electronic bearings

can you decrypt the "hint" ? ... :milwink:

anyway : over to you !

greetings and my best wishes to you for the New Year,

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Post by AVV » 31 Dec 2010, 20:26

Polar bear wrote:greetings and my best wishes to you for the New Year,
The same to you and all the Forum members. :D
Now I have to go off-line, so my next question will be posted already in 2011. :wink:

Best regards, Aleks

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Post by AVV » 01 Jan 2011, 16:50

So, a question. :)
During what operation was this photo taken?

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Post by Ironmachine » 01 Jan 2011, 20:41

Nijmegen bridge during Operation Market Garden.

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Post by AVV » 01 Jan 2011, 21:01

That's right, of course. :)
Source: http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pi ... em_04.html
Over to you!

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