Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
11-22-2015, 03:40 PM
My Feedback: (6)
That's the one! The aircraft referred to in clue 6 is the Slingsby Hengist, a smaller glider never used operationally. Horsas, being made largely of wood, were a natural for furniture manufacturers. How Austin Motors, which made cars, got into the glider business I don't know.
My favorite glider story (source now forgotten, alas) is about American fighter pilots in Europe who sometimes used their downtime taking instruction in glider flying. They were, I was told, careful never to finish the course, lest they have to fly one in combat. Makes a good story, and may even be true.
My favorite glider story (source now forgotten, alas) is about American fighter pilots in Europe who sometimes used their downtime taking instruction in glider flying. They were, I was told, careful never to finish the course, lest they have to fly one in combat. Makes a good story, and may even be true.
Last edited by Top_Gunn; 11-22-2015 at 03:44 PM.
11-22-2015, 07:03 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
11-23-2015, 02:33 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
11-23-2015, 06:57 PM
My Feedback: (6)
I met him as a Ensign back in 1976 shortly after I was commissioned in the Navy. He was a rear Gunner in an SBD at the battle of Midway they called him Chief Pappy. He got 5 in one dive bombing run at Midway.
Sorry I don't remember his name I guess I could google his name, more importantly I shook his hand.
Sparky
Sorry I don't remember his name I guess I could google his name, more importantly I shook his hand.
Sparky
11-23-2015, 07:46 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
11-24-2015, 09:04 AM
Senior Member
My Feedback: (3)
Question, rcguy59: Is clue (3) accurate? If I recall correctly, he scored more than 7 victories total. Thanks; Ernie P.
11-24-2015, 11:41 AM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
Sorry about clue #3. I was thinking only of his epic mission, not his total, as the question implied. My mistake.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
Sorry about clue #3. I was thinking only of his epic mission, not his total, as the question implied. My mistake.
11-24-2015, 12:28 PM
Senior Member
My Feedback: (3)
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
Sorry about clue #3. I was thinking only of his epic mission, not his total, as the question implied. My mistake.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
Sorry about clue #3. I was thinking only of his epic mission, not his total, as the question implied. My mistake.
11-24-2015, 01:26 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
11-24-2015, 08:23 PM
Sounds like a B-17 or B-24 waist gunner or B-17 bombardier/nose gunner to me. Those were the only locations that had a single .50, the rest had twins. Of course, some of the medium bombers had single nose and waist guns as well but I don't see one of them surviving long enough in that much of a "target rich environment" to have a single gunner get 7 in one mission
Last edited by Hydro Junkie; 11-24-2015 at 08:39 PM.
11-24-2015, 09:19 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
11-25-2015, 02:04 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
11-25-2015, 09:21 PM
Senior Member
My Feedback: (3)
Sounds like a B-17 or B-24 waist gunner or B-17 bombardier/nose gunner to me. Those were the only locations that had a single .50, the rest had twins. Of course, some of the medium bombers had single nose and waist guns as well but I don't see one of them surviving long enough in that much of a "target rich environment" to have a single gunner get 7 in one mission
11-26-2015, 01:55 AM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
11-27-2015, 01:42 AM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
15. His Bomb Group won a Presidential Unit Citation on the same mission.
16. 14 months later, he was granted a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
17. In addition to his Distinguished Service Cross, he also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly for the two additional enemy fighters he shot
down. He also held the Order of the Purple Heart, twenty Air Medals, a Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal
and the European, African, Middle East Service Medal.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
15. His Bomb Group won a Presidential Unit Citation on the same mission.
16. 14 months later, he was granted a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
17. In addition to his Distinguished Service Cross, he also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly for the two additional enemy fighters he shot
down. He also held the Order of the Purple Heart, twenty Air Medals, a Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal
and the European, African, Middle East Service Medal.
11-28-2015, 02:32 PM
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
15. His Bomb Group won a Presidential Unit Citation on the same mission.
16. 14 months later, he was granted a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
17. In addition to his Distinguished Service Cross, he also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly for the two additional enemy fighters he shot
down. He also held the Order of the Purple Heart, twenty Air Medals, a Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal
and the European, African, Middle East Service Medal.
Benjamin Franklin Warmer III.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Big...e.-a0108551526
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
15. His Bomb Group won a Presidential Unit Citation on the same mission.
16. 14 months later, he was granted a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
17. In addition to his Distinguished Service Cross, he also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly for the two additional enemy fighters he shot
down. He also held the Order of the Purple Heart, twenty Air Medals, a Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal
and the European, African, Middle East Service Medal.
Benjamin Franklin Warmer III.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Big...e.-a0108551526
11-28-2015, 09:36 PM
Senior Member
My Feedback: (3)
Looking for the name of an Ace.
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
15. His Bomb Group won a Presidential Unit Citation on the same mission.
16. 14 months later, he was granted a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
17. In addition to his Distinguished Service Cross, he also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly for the two additional enemy fighters he shot
down. He also held the Order of the Purple Heart, twenty Air Medals, a Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal
and the European, African, Middle East Service Medal.
Benjamin Franklin Warmer III.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Big...e.-a0108551526
1. His name does not appear on the official list of Aces.
2. He was not a pilot.
3. He scored 7 air-to-air confirmed kills.
4. He scored all 7 kills in one mission.
5. All of his victims were German.
6. His total score WAS 9 kills. (Thanks, Ernie P.)
7. His name was not Warner.
8. He scored those kills firing only one gun.
9. He was American.
10. His "7 in one mission" occurred in 1943.
11. He survived a 50-mission tour and was sent home.
12. When he tried to enlist just after Pearl Harbor, he was rejected by some of the services for being too tall. (6' 6")
13. He was attached to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force.
14. The fateful mission occurred over Italy.
15. His Bomb Group won a Presidential Unit Citation on the same mission.
16. 14 months later, he was granted a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
17. In addition to his Distinguished Service Cross, he also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly for the two additional enemy fighters he shot
down. He also held the Order of the Purple Heart, twenty Air Medals, a Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct Medal
and the European, African, Middle East Service Medal.
Benjamin Franklin Warmer III.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Big...e.-a0108551526
11-29-2015, 10:40 AM
Senior Member
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Okay, guys.... Any one willing to take the lead? As you can see, rcguy59 has provided the answer, since he wasn't getting any real guesses. Do we still have enough participants and enthusiasts left to keep this going thread ? Thanks; Ernie P.
11-30-2015, 02:41 PM
Senior Member
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Seeing no other interested parties willing to take the lead, I'll do so. But I'm really wondering how many of us are left. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird do I describe?
Clues:
- This fighter was originally intended as a replacement for a then new fighter, just entering active service.
11-30-2015, 03:19 PM
My Feedback: (2)
Just FYI, I've been lurking on this thread for a few years. I haven't participated mainly because (1) most of my guesses would have been wrong; and (2) I don't know if I could come up with any questions of the caliber that you guys have been providing. This all goes to say that I'm learning an awful lot here, and enjoy reading this thread an awful lot.
Thanks, and keep it going....
Bob
Thanks, and keep it going....
Bob
11-30-2015, 04:13 PM
Senior Member
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Just FYI, I've been lurking on this thread for a few years. I haven't participated mainly because (1) most of my guesses would have been wrong; and (2) I don't know if I could come up with any questions of the caliber that you guys have been providing. This all goes to say that I'm learning an awful lot here, and enjoy reading this thread an awful lot.
Thanks, and keep it going....
Bob
Thanks, and keep it going....
Bob
Bob; glad to know you're lurking around. As to coming up with a question, that's not difficult. When you read something that makes you think "I didn't know that", you have a subject matter. To me, the only tricky part is forming the question and clues. It's hard not to give everything away right off the bat. So, you have to come up with a list of clues and kind of rank them in order from obscure to obvious. Not too hard. And, if you put yourself to work trying to figure out an answer to someone's question, you're bound to come across something interesting to form a question. Stay around and enjoy things and participate as you like. Thanks; Ernie P.