Author Topic: WWII Trivia (Read 487 times)

LLv34_Snefens · « **on:** September 11, 2004, 06:52:16 PM »

Being without access to the game I've been reading some up on some of my books on WWII and stumbled across some interesting tidbits. Now I just wanted to test you as well in some of the interesting facts I found. One of the answers came as a suprise to me.

What was the name of the second atomic bomb dropped over Japan?
What was the name of the B29 that dropped the bomb?
What was it's primary target?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2004, 06:57:50 PM »

Fatman
Bock's Car
Kokura

Dan/Slack

United · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2004, 07:02:48 PM »

Ah, that didnt take long. I even knew one!

justin_g · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2004, 12:15:35 AM »

Bock's Car is actually an incorrect spelling - it is written as one word: "BOCKSCAR"

See pic here: http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/database/museums/getimage.htm?id=4382

Heres one for you - the plane was named for its commander, Capt. Frederick C. Bock. But who was actually flying "BOCKSCAR" on August 9, 1945?

TimRas · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2004, 12:30:04 AM »

Guppy35 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2004, 11:53:16 PM »

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Originally posted by justin_g
Bock's Car is actually an incorrect spelling - it is written as one word: "BOCKSCAR"

See pic here: http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/database/museums/getimage.htm?id=4382

Heres one for you - the plane was named for its commander, Capt. Frederick C. Bock. But who was actually flying "BOCKSCAR" on August 9, 1945?

Hey I was going from memory!

Charles Sweeney was flying BOCKSCAR, while Bock was Sweeney's plane "The Great Artiste". That plane had been to Hiroshima as well, loaded with Scientific instruments and it made little sense to switch them to another plane so Sweeny had Bock's and Bock flew Sweeney's bird.

Dan/Slack

Rasker · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2004, 01:27:18 AM »

here's a bonus brain teaser, what was the lead headline in the L.A. Times the day after the Hiroshima A-bomb drop?

Rasker · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2004, 11:04:24 AM »

The answer is, of course "Richard Bong Killed".

Off to the side was a smaller headline, "New weapon dropped on Japan".

wojo71 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2004, 07:11:28 PM »

To take the triva thing one step further, Harley Davidson some years ago brought out the FLSTF Fatboy in 1984 it was named after the two atomic bombs.......fatman and littleboy ....and it only came in gray with yellow highlights same colors as the two bombs dropped in 1945 .............................

Arlo · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2004, 07:40:52 PM »

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Originally posted by wojo71
To take the triva thing one step further, Harley Davidson some years ago brought out the FLSTF Fatboy in 1984 it was named after the two atomic bombs.......fatman and littleboy ....and it only came in gray with yellow highlights same colors as the two bombs dropped in 1945 .............................

Fatman and Littleboy had yellow headlights?

Pongo · « **Reply #10 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:24:13 AM »

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Originally posted by justin_g
Bock's Car is actually an incorrect spelling - it is written as one word: "BOCKSCAR"

See pic here: http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/database/museums/getimage.htm?id=4382

Heres one for you - the plane was named for its commander, Capt. Frederick C. Bock. But who was actually flying "BOCKSCAR" on August 9, 1945?

That picture shows it as two words. The only gap is between the s and the c, all the other letters overlap.
Bocks Car.
Just saying.