Picture Quiz

Jon,

I may be mistaken... but it has to be on picture quiz!! I'm stumped too... or maybe Clint sent me info on it.... im lost. Checking pages 8-10

 

If I may, it is the V-173 "Flying Pancake" built by Vought.

The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" designed by Charles H. Zimmerman was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" World War IIUnited States Navy fighter aircraft program.
Both aircraft featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body (hence its name) serving as the lifting surface.[1] Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge at the wingtips.

 

You got the bugger, it is the XF5U by Vought. The "Flying Flapjack" and also the "Zimmer Skimmer" (short for Zimmerman) were used as nicknames. The thing was pretty "fast" even with the piston engines (projected speeds), but the jets showing up shot them down. I always wondered what that shape and say a "turbo-prop" would have done?

Yer up Navy Dave!

 

Actually, I would like to give JAGDTIGERI this opportunity to ask the next one. Since I accidentally went out of turn, I would like JAGDTIGER1 to have the honor. Thanks.

And yes, I saw the History Channel too, so I knew all about that "Flying Pancake". Plus, it is a Navy plane to boot.

 

Well done Dave... you earned that salute!

 

Thank you Marcus, very kind of you. Greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks Dave, I appreciate it

Alright in which city was this horrifying photo taken?

 

Detroit?

 

Hint: In France

 

Geez Jon! and I'm the bad guy...jkjk

Is he an American soldier?

 

He is a Frenchmen condemned for collaborating with the Gestapo and SS

 

Paoli?

 

I've got it. As it turns out, the photo was NOT taken in Detroit as previously thought (joke). The Photo taken at the instant bullets from a French firing squad hit a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans. This execution took place in Rennes, France." Himes, November 21, 1944. 111-SC-196741.

 

Correct Dave, your go

 

Guten morgen meine freund (sp?).

I've got a good one for you.

This guy who was a lowly Mess Cook, won the Navy Cross (Second only to the Medal of honor) for his bravery in Pearl Harbor when he manned a .50 caliber machine gun and shot down incoming Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor. Another Navy hero to be sure.

 

Petty Officer Doris Miller

 

Sehr Gut. You're up. Very well done. How do you salute on here?

 

I hope I did that right. If I did, I just rendered you a salute JAGDTIGER1.

 

Thanks for the salute Navy Dave, that is the correct way to do it

Where is this famous picture taken?

 

It is Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea?