The official AHF WW2 Western Europe quiz thread
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hi,
on a lake in Western France, a few very fast British birds killed a few very large German birds ...
What happenend, where and when ?
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on a lake in Western France, a few very fast British birds killed a few very large German birds ...
What happenend, where and when ?
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hint #1 : The Summer of '43 was about to begin ...
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hint #1 : The Summer of '43 was about to begin ...
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Re: The official AHF WW2 Western Europe quiz thread
Any Westland Whirlwinds involved?
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No .. AFAIK you have to add "1" to a Whirlwind squadron number to arrive at the number of the squadron which did the deed.
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No .. AFAIK you have to add "1" to a Whirlwind squadron number to arrive at the number of the squadron which did the deed.
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I would guess that this relates to a RAF attack on Bordeaux-Merignac which destroyed a number of FW-200 and/or HE-177 of KG40.
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And no, not Mosquitoes
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No ... on a LAKE is what I wrote and what I meant ... in SW FranceRob Stuart wrote:I a RAF attack on Bordeaux-Merignac
And no, not Mosquitoes
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So the "very large German birds" were flying boats?
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The V3 (initially DM+SD) first flew on 28 November 1941, and was transferred to LTS 222 on 9 December 1941 After V1's sinking, V3 returned to Hamburg where she was armed. She was destroyed along with V5 on 20 June 1943 at Biscarrosse by RAF de Havilland Mosquitos of No. 264 Squadron RAF.[4]
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correct, that's right and that's the solution !
Although my information tells me that the attack was made by Beaufighters of 264 Sq. , thus I'm not quite sure what's right
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correct, that's right and that's the solution !
Although my information tells me that the attack was made by Beaufighters of 264 Sq. , thus I'm not quite sure what's right
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pb and attrition,
"V3" indicates the third prototype of a new aircraft but neither of you have given the aircraft type. Could you please say what aircraft you're talking about?
Thanks,
Rob
"V3" indicates the third prototype of a new aircraft but neither of you have given the aircraft type. Could you please say what aircraft you're talking about?
Thanks,
Rob
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hi, Rob,
I'm sorry to have missed that, it's the Bv 222 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_222
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I'm sorry to have missed that, it's the Bv 222 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_222
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Hey, no problem. Thanks very much.
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Sorry, yet another miss ... attrition, it's your turn, again.
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Sorry, yet another miss ... attrition, it's your turn, again.
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Sorry but I don't have the imagination to think of a question.