and I dont know a thing about planes.. It was the first 8 http://paid.outbrain.com/network/redir?p=ltxnlZEhLMaG6zjWE7hdvhSRllEsnBapLDMDoGvKFZ0GpYqRKVZLXbO15olZ4yyX32m70IMt2harf746NMzclfWJFlFb_Bth1iK30lIPXTNNuK7m9m49hL2TPNtVuHNPW9jDNPm-_aMHpNIKowVCIZdqkyu2ypzqBe52_k2Oiju4p_LUBIHu8mFGKqYcekoCGpLmq5eHNmVuosWEAvmp-Hmj0D5hO1fzV5SXVlxSuKM0VaEz-qq9TzfPEokqlG_vaQS-a9BaRmDQXVbhl-OHMFcNVViBAAi2yvWC8zZdR3-pioz9ocNnF_b-uepYKnMLHIJMj888UdU-g_AQ5ZI87rhkZE4AziNCZuKTOpNdd4tJE_c-6uwhNrXZgnwxMGDDsprf9Pbwtq_W0Vy6LAhWtWsgsXdaLVrjKp_YjR0xcvZSJZKlBxWqA7aOTXkYCjcJIaCAo_CsQm87UndGnaEYHsseY7iTMQw2oizh-wRYuqKu8AcCN-ugjYJsuOTzko8EsSIZ3lfNFn0qMLozqHRFegZrUeTBPNiJ_AU4_HVWTdMjNSYlTJPrF1F2lgjR6EXdNyKKdtpK_VPoAHvTW8mm7jAaQ1WB9MPrJxZ7NJ6TwbQx9Ez1OiR71ob8F-6HWbz4kAPpkhcNTjEAX8T75dHR0sP5deB9sLi0CXeVGnPVbjwInNm_hT7XowAjRQZRH7MAoOVdPkkr1FqHQnPhDqUXjcau5igsIbpOxmAYbeiOJ4LF8tnsVe3fSfLsl2-24dS_Ao96ytk5uhCkr3KoxMQJr9B9OPNHAXOLF0qHtNsAh2M&c=73ac6c3f&v=3
I got 19/20, then proceeded to miss 5-6 in a row, got one, then missed a couple more and gave up. Mark
It got tricky around that point. I got about 80%. If you know your markings, that really helps on some of the more obscure planes. T
Yep. Finnish AF, Free French, Italian, etc. 44. Got one purely because the museum sign hanging above it was in English. Would have gotten about 20 if it wasn't multiple choice.
It was one of the obscure Italian planes if I remember. One tough one was a Finnish fighter that I didn't recognize but I recognized the hooked cross insignia on the wings that was the Finn's national insignia before the Nazi's borrowed it and tilted it. I go through it again to verify the one that I missed. I was rong, I missed the French Arsenal.
I thought the # of WW2 biplanes they had in the quiz was interesting. I can only recall ever seeing a Swordfish among the many documentaries I've watched...T
40 out of 48 It helps if you look at the roundels. Some designers use the same key unique features. It was a lot of fun. I will pass that along to some retired pilots.
The Fairy Swordfish was obsolete long before the War started and took many brave crew members to their demise. But it sank several battleships in spite of it's archaic deign, the most prominent was the Bismarck, even though it didn't sink it directly, it damaged it so that the British fleet could finish it off. A handsome old airplane.
Yep , besides the spitfire and zero I would not know any of these. Knowing the country markings you can pretty much deduce the answer. I got to 14 before making an error.
I agree, I don't squat about aircraft and did pretty well knowing markings and some names obviously don't fit.
Gosh, that's one I can't place. Is that the cute little biplane? Anyway, Boeing doesn't build anything but bombers, don't they?
Well Bob, you said you missed the Arsenal, and as a Frenchman, I fully forgive that: not many people would have known here either. Even if the VG-33 was a great "what if": too little, too late... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_VG-33 Rgds
I love this airplane. I spoke to a pilot who was attached to the 19th P.S., at Hickam Field. Just after 07 December 1941, the 19th had to pull the P-26's out of the crate to fly CAP. He would later become the D.O. for the 506th T.F.W. F-100D - Tinker AFB during the late 50's. In 'less' than 20 years, he went from the P-26 to a Hun .
I got a decent score just by matching markings and language in the name.. I was pleased to actually recognise some non-mainstream ones.. but who knew the French made any fighters Seemed to go on indefinitely.. I stopped at high 30's..
The French had one of the world's largest fighter forces in 1940. "Total strength of the French Air Force together with Aviation Colonaile: 1,200 fighters, 800 reconnaissance planes, 1,300 bombers." Estimates of RAF modern aircraft in Sep 1939 was about 1750 out of 3500 total in operational squadrons.
The truth is that the Armée de l'Air had too many types of different fighters, none of which was truly satisfactory... The most numerous was the Morane 406, very manoeuvrable but too slow and suffering from freezing of its guns at altitude. The most efficient was the "H-75", or Curtiss P-36 to its country of origin; slightly suffering from a top speed perspective and lightly armed, but manoeuvrable, sturdy, very reliable (its Pratt & Whitney engine was worshiped by the french mechanics). Its only drawback was in fact its price (twice of the Morane), but it was indeed the best: during the "Phoney war" ("Drôle de guerre") "H-75" squadron were standing watch in the most treatened region of France (north-east) The most promising was the Dewoitine 520, which had all the performance needed tyo counter the Messerschmitt 109, but was too late in production (and was considered tricky to master, with a tendancy to flick over) The "Arsenal VG 33" referenced above could have made a very good fighter but the first production models reached the squadrons too late. The Bloch 152 could have made an useful bomber interceptor with its heavy armament. Then you had the Caudron-Renault 714 light fighter, which was indeed...too light: lightly armed, insufficent horsepower... And a hotch-potch collection of different types, some imported such as the Koolhoven, etc... In fact, the true real problem of the French aviation industry at the time of the second world war was the lack of a powerful engine, and the obligation to standardize on the Hispano V-12, which was rather inefficient. And it would have been better to have standardized the industry on the production of one or two different types at most; unfortunately, the aviation industry was dispersed in too many small companies, all fighting each other to secure an order when there was a "Request for Proposal". But despite this, the "Armée de l'Air" scored a high number of victories during the "Campagne de France", notably the "H-75" squadrons, and some D-520 pilots. Rgds
