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  1. Popski

    Popski Member

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    Thanks Kai

    My question, who conceived the plan to form the Commando's in 1940 and brought it to the attention of Winston Churchill?

    Popski
     
    Popski, Dec 17, 2002
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  2. redcoat

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    The man who gave the Commando unit's their name and helped set them up was,
    Lieutenant Colonel Dudley W. Clarke, Royal Artillery.
     
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  3. Popski

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    Indeed Redcoat

    Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Clarke R.A. conceived the Commando idea walking in London while thinking of other armies tactics while they were in lesser fortune. The name was taken from the Boer-war Commando's. Also he was the first Commando wounded on a raid.

    Redcoat your turn

    Popski
     
    Popski, Dec 18, 2002
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  4. redcoat

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    Here's a fairly easy one ;)
    What type of aircraft was the first victim of the Supermarine Seafire
     
    redcoat, Dec 21, 2002
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  5. Martin Bull

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    I wasn't going to have a 'go' at this one but hate to see the quiz languishing..... :(

    Lt G C Baldwin RN , flying from HMS Furious during Operation Torch, scored the Seafire's first confirmed kill on 8/11/42 - a Dewoitine 520. ( Although there was an earlier 'probable' by Sub-Lt A S Long who claimed a Martin 167 ).
     
    Martin Bull, Dec 23, 2002
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    Well done Martin [​IMG]
    over to you :D
    Merry Christmas :D :D
     
    redcoat, Dec 23, 2002
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  7. Martin Bull

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    Thanks, Redcoat - and a merry Christmas to you, too !

    As my yuletide quiz question I shall deliberately 'play' to the majority interest and ask :-

    Two Luftwaffe nightfighter 'aces' in WWII were awarded the Knights Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds. Only one scored all his victories at night.

    Who was he ? ;)
     
    Martin Bull, Dec 23, 2002
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    Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
     
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  9. Martin Bull

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    Congratulations on beating Erich Brown to the punch on this one, Bish !

    Over to you - and have a good Christmas ! ;)
     
    Martin Bull, Dec 24, 2002
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    Lent ? ! ...... rats, you guys caught me with my goggles off ! .... :D

    E
     
    Erich, Dec 24, 2002
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  11. Martin Bull

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    According to Toliver & Constable, Lent ( who was indeed the other 'Diamonds' ace ) scored 110 victories, of which 102 were at night.

    ( I am now commencing a 'corkscrew' to avoid Erich's Schrage Musik .... [​IMG] )
     
    Martin Bull, Dec 24, 2002
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  12. Bish OBE

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    I got the answer from Mick Spicks Luftwaffe Fighter Aces, and that agrees. Lents 8 day kill were 1, Poland, 2, German Bight and 5, Norway.

    I'll have a new question soon.
     
    Bish OBE, Dec 24, 2002
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  13. Kai-Petri

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    Yes,sir?!

    ;)
     
    Kai-Petri, Dec 30, 2002
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  14. Bish OBE

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    Sorry guys, totally forgot.

    One on German uniforms.

    What colour waffenfarbe did German Army Propaganda troops wear.
     
    Bish OBE, Dec 30, 2002
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    Thats up my alley.

    Also, I have a mint unissued set of Propaganda Kompanie Leutnants shoulderboards with the "X" Cypher on them designating that he was stationed in Wehrkries 10.

    Threr were two versions they wore--one just had an underlay of light grey no Waffenfarbe color, and the other (the ones I have) had an underlay of light grey with yellow as the Waffenfarbe color. :D
     
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    Light Gray is what i was looking for. I did not thin you'd be on so soon :D

    All yours Carl
     
    Bish OBE, Dec 30, 2002
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    Thank you my firend--also and hope the package arrives to your place soon--needs a good place to be placed at. :D

    OK, an easy one for the remainder of the year.....

    Why was Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm von Pruessen known as: "The 99 Day Kaiser?"
     
    C.Evans, Dec 31, 2002
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  18. Kai-Petri

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    1888

    June 15th Kaiser Friedrich III dies after 99 day reign; his eldest son becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Is it this, perhaps?

    ;)
     
    Kai-Petri, Jan 1, 2003
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  19. Popski

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    G'day Kai

    Do you really mean 1888, in a WW2 quiz?

    Merry Newyear y'all

    Cheers Popski :D ;) [​IMG] :rolleyes:
     
    Popski, Jan 1, 2003
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  20. Kai-Petri

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    Yeah, I do...

    I mean, Popski, don´t shoot the messenger... :D Carl asked about Kaisers, and Kaisers were not very common in WW2, I think.And this is actually what I found in the net. Whether it is the correct answer we are to find out...

    Very Happy New Year all! ( I almost wrote very Nappy New Year....not a baad idea though )

    :D :D
     
    Kai-Petri, Jan 2, 2003
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