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  1. skunk works

    skunk works Ace

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    yes April
    yes Scotland
    um...yes...my source said 46 landed safely...so...

    take it away TAG
     
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  2. skunk works

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    OK another question

    The "Ferdinand" an extremely effective weapon (one was rumored to have knocked out a T-34 at 4.5 kilometers).
    Of the 89 deployed at Kursk, how many survived to be made into Elephants and fight again ?
     
    skunk works, Aug 13, 2007
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  3. hamburg

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    50?
     
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  4. Skipper

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    or 48?
     
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  5. skunk works

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    hamburg has the number I had.

    Your go !
     
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  6. hamburg

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    Easy one. What's wrong with hatches on Tiger 131 in Tank Museum Bovington?
     
    hamburg, Aug 16, 2007
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  7. PzJgr

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    Crossed Hatches. Periscope covers facing rearwards.
     
    PzJgr, Aug 16, 2007
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  8. hamburg

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    hamburg, Aug 16, 2007
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  9. PzJgr

    PzJgr Drill Instructor

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    Thanks. That was very interesting reading.

    I have no questions so I leave it open to whomever would like to pose a question. make it good.
     
    PzJgr, Aug 16, 2007
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  10. T. A. Gardner

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    Fine, I have one comming:

    There were generally three models of tanks refered to as "Dutchmen" name them. Hint: two are US one is British.
     
    T. A. Gardner, Aug 16, 2007
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  11. Amrit

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    Vickers M1936

    MTLS-IGI4 "Dutch 4-Man Tank"
    CTMS-ITBI "Dutch 3-Man Tank"
     
    Amrit, Aug 17, 2007
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  12. skunk works

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    Vickers 1936 (as Amrit said)(training tanks)
    M 22 Locust T-9 &T-9E1 both considered "junk" (training vehicles)
     
    skunk works, Aug 17, 2007
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  13. T. A. Gardner

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    Amrit is correct. The two Marmon Herrington US tanks saw operational use on Kiska and Attu Islands with the US Army and a few more were used in the Pacific in odd places by the Marines early in the war.
    The Vickers light was appropriated by the British army and used in the dark days of 1940 until better stuff came along.
     
    T. A. Gardner, Aug 17, 2007
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    Pilot, aircraft and unit details of the first British unit to claim an enemy aircraft of WW2 please (haven't read all the questions of this thread so aplogies if this has been asked before).
     
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  15. skunk works

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    gunner Sgt. F. Letchard
    Fairey Battle
    2nd Sept. 1939
    63 Squadron ?
     
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  16. Amrit

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    Letchard's claim was on the 20th Sept not 2nd, when he shot down a ME109 near Aachen. Yes, for the first RAF claim, but not the first confirmed, because it has been disputed by post war analysis and by Luftwaffe records (and dismissed by Shores in Fledgling Eagles) . By the way, his name was Letchford.
     
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    A Skua from 803 Squadron (Ark Royal)
    Lt. BS Mc Ewen & PO BM Seymour ?
    26 Sept. ?
     
    skunk works, Aug 17, 2007
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    Yep, on the 26th Sept when they forced down a Do18, and the crew was captured. The first confirmed 'kill'.

    Over to you.
     
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    in all probability...

    Who was the first non-German pilot to fly a Bf 109 ?

    Hint...

    He was from the Regia Aeronautica
     
    skunk works, Aug 17, 2007
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  20. PzJgr

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    I'm taking a guess at Italo Balbo

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