WWII Forums Quiz Part V

beacause Monty got most of the fuel supposed to be given to Patton?

 

Again a very good try, Stanchev, but unfortunately no. Monty did get first dips on petrol and resources for this offensive, but the situation with the American divisions was not so dire that they couldn't move. No, the reason has more of a "fluid" reason, where nature and the Germans 'worked together'....

 

Was it something to do with the Roer dams..?

( Later : The Roer River valley dams, which were blown by the Germans on February 23rd, thus holding up General Simpson's 9th Army...? )

 

That's it, Martin. It took a few weeks before the water subsided sufficiently for the Americans to make their push in support of the Rhineland. The battle for these dams cost the Americans numerous casualties in the Huertgen forest...

Over to you, Martin...

 

What was the connection between the Mosquito FBXVIII and...cigarettes ?

 

Both were made out of dry leaves and lighted easily?

 

He he he !

I might have known Friedrich would come up with something like that...

What can I say but : 'WRONG ! '

 

At least you have to admitt it was original and funny!

 

I like the General's answer better but Molins tobbaco quality control instriments and the Monlin anti-shipping cannon were the connection.

 

Well done that man ! The Molins Company made cigarette machinery and then turned their talents to making the auto-loading mechanism for the 6-pounder Mossie gun.

Over to Ta152.....

 

The Weaver aircraft company made thousands of aircraft in WWII. What is the more common name of these aircraft.
(learned this one last week on the History Channel)

 

Would these be the Waco CG-4 gliders?

 

Very good Bill, over to you.

 

Okay, sorry about taking so long. This should be a fairly easy one for you here.

This US airplane was originally built by Consolidated as Model 32, it was one of the most versitile and widely produced aircraft in history. This plane first flew in 1940 and was just entering service when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, but by the end of the war it had served in every theater. It was the mainstay of Allied bomber operations in the Pacific with the exception of the attacks by B-29's on the Japanese homeland. They also served with the Eighth and 15th Air Force where they made up one-third of the bomber force. Their range, speed and payload capacity led to the conversion of several thousand to transport roles where they were designated as C-87's. What was the more commonly known designation for this bomber?

 

B-24 Liberator

 

That is correct Col, over to you.

 

Ok here is one. Where was the first German serviceman killed in the war and by who?

 

He was killed in China by the Japanese. In 1937??

 

Yep, you got it.

 

Name the B 29 that droped the second atomic bomb on Japan and his original target.