WWII Forums Quiz Part V

Yup, your turn.

 

In the Spring of 1945,a US Engineer Battalion constructed what was, at the time, reckoned to be 'The Longest Tactical Bridge Built' at 1032 feet.

Which Battalion, and where was the bridge ?

 

1945? That must be over the Rhine, but I think that's as far as I can get…

 

"The Battalion performed admirably, bridging the Rhine at Niedersbrseig (Honningen) in under 14 hours and in the process constructed the world's longest tactical floating bridge. At 1,370 feet, it stood as a marvel of combat engineering. The bridge saw extremely heavy use. Actual bridge construction took a mere 12 hours. There was a two hour delay waiting for material! Within five days of its completion, 6,378 vehicles in various convoys including many Sherman and medium tanks had crossed, plus the normal traffic"

The 254th???



"In advance, the 254th had practiced in England until they were able to construct floating bridge equipment at a rate of 220 feet in 42 minutes. The actual bridge construction started early in the morning on March 22 with Company B installing the critically important upstream cable."

254th

 

Which just goes to show that you can never rely on US Engineers' boastfulness !

Well done, RB, BUT - not quite the one I'm looking for, even though I reckon yours was actually the longest. Let's just say that 'my' one was 'claimed to be....'

A clue - the action it was associated with was made into a ( rather good ) movie.....

 

"The Bridge at Remagen", "The bridge over the River Kwai", "A Bridge too far", "The Bridges of Madison County"?

All the bridge-films I can recall…

 

( Sigh ! ) Now come on, Friedrich.....there weren't many US Engineer Battalions involved at the River Kwai, and not much happened at Madison County in early 1945.....

 

March 10
To free the captured Ludendorff Bridge for repairs, the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion, assisted by the 988th and 998th Engineer Treadway Bridge Companies, erected a 1,032-foot, Class-40 steel treadway bridge just south of the Ludendorff Bridge. It opened to traffic on 11 March and vas the first American floating bridge over the Rhine.

But Remagen is correct.

http://www.usace.army.mil/history/bridge2.htm

Btw, Martin, why don't you answer my solution in the movie quiz?

 

And how could I had known? Do you want me to take Hollywood films as sources?

I know, but still a very nice film.



OK, sorry… promise I won't have wine at my meals any more…

 

Btw... never heard of the "Bridges at Toko-Ri", Fried?

 

Besides the "Bridges at Toko-Ri", there is Rainbow Bridge with Jimi Hendrix. ( You have to be over 40 to remember that. ) Also a Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon & Garfuncle. sp

 

We seem to be drifting ever so slightly o/t....

KnightMove has the correct answer, although to be nit-picking the bridge was actually situated at Erpel, not Remagen.

Over to you, KM.....

 

Which type of British aircraft managed to destroy 38 German planes on one single day?

 

I guess I will give it an educated guess and say the Hawker Hurricane sometime during the Battle of Britain shot down 38 German Bombers in one day.

 

I can't definitely exclude this, but this is not the one I am asking for.

 

Errr...

Spitfire?

Kinda depends on the German aircraft... If its Ju-52s it could be any of them!

 

Good evening gentlemen

KM

Sopwith Salamander in WWI?

Best Regards
Clausewitz

 

Both wrong... it's WW2.

 

You got anouther good one going!! How about some hints.
The only other guess I can think of is a British bomber getting a direct hit on a German aircraft factory during the war.

 

No. It's just a lesser known fighter, a squadron of which achieved 38 victories in one single day.