WW2 aircraft trivia site.

[1Boner]

I spent a little time at this site today and had some fun.

Its ww2 aircraft trivia questions

I was amazed at how much I knew and how much I didn't know.

Some of the quizzes were really really tough, some weren't.

Hope you guys enjoy it.


http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/history/world_war_ii/ww2_aircraft.html


 

[Capt.Joe]

Thats pretty cool Boner! Good find.



 

[Widewing]

I looked at one trivia quiz and immediately found an error.

The question was: The A-24 was a dive bomber for the USAAC. What enemy type directly influenced the design of this aircraft?

The correct answer according to the website is the Stuka...

That is wrong. The A-24 was the USAAF version of the Douglas SBD. The SBD's lineage traces back to the A-17 which was already equipping squadrons in 1935, two years before the Stuka entered service. Indeed, Germany was very much influenced by American dive bombers and single-engine attack aircraft of the early to mid 1930s.


My regards,

Widewing

[Anaxogoras]

I did better on the P-51 quiz than on the Luftwaffe quiz!

[Cthulhu]

I looked at one trivia quiz and immediately found an error.

The question was: The A-24 was a dive bomber for the USAAC. What enemy type directly influenced the design of this aircraft?

The correct answer according to the website is the Stuka...

That is wrong. The A-24 was the USAAF version of the Douglas SBD. The SBD's lineage traces back to the A-17 which was already equipping squadrons in 1935, two years before the Stuka entered service. Indeed, Germany was very much influenced by American dive bombers and single-engine attack aircraft of the early to mid 1930s.




My regards,

Widewing

As always, pay complete attention to the man behind the curtain.

[Serenity]

I looked at one trivia quiz and immediately found an error.

The question was: The A-24 was a dive bomber for the USAAC. What enemy type directly influenced the design of this aircraft?

The correct answer according to the website is the Stuka...

That is wrong. The A-24 was the USAAF version of the Douglas SBD. The SBD's lineage traces back to the A-17 which was already equipping squadrons in 1935, two years before the Stuka entered service. Indeed, Germany was very much influenced by American dive bombers and single-engine attack aircraft of the early to mid 1930s.


My regards,

Widewing

I hit a similar one, though it was more a trick question than an error I guess. I took the B-17 quiz and got 14/15 correct. The one I got wrong was a trick. It asked what the major difference between the model 299 specification and the B-17G was. The site is looking for number of engines, saying the Model 299 SPECIFICATION was for a twin engined bomber, although the Model 299 flew with four engines. Im 99.999% sure the specification was for 4 engines as well.

[Widewing]

I hit a similar one, though it was more a trick question than an error I guess. I took the B-17 quiz and got 14/15 correct. The one I got wrong was a trick. It asked what the major difference between the model 299 specification and the B-17G was. The site is looking for number of engines, saying the Model 299 SPECIFICATION was for a twin engined bomber, although the Model 299 flew with four engines. Im 99.999% sure the specification was for 4 engines as well.

According to Ed Wells, who was one of the original design engineers on the 299 project, the 299 was designed from day one as a four engine bomber. Wells was interviewed in 1963 by Pete Bowers and his comments can be found in Bower's Fortress in The Sky: The Story of Boeing's B-17. This book is the "bible" on the type. Copies are extremely hard to come by as only 2,500 were printed. I managed to locate one of the original proofs in 1996. It came from the estate of a friend of Bowers and is autographed with a personal note.... $75 was the asking price. I gladly paid it. A standard edition sells for $50 to $100 depending upon condition. Warren Bodie now holds the rights to the original manuscript.

My regards,

Widewing

[Serenity]

According to Ed Wells, who was one of the original design engineers on the 299 project, the 299 was designed from day one as a four engine bomber. Wells was interviewed in 1963 by Pete Bowers and his comments can be found in Bower's Fortress in The Sky: The Story of Boeing's B-17. This book is the "bible" on the type. Copies are extremely hard to come by as only 2,500 were printed. I managed to locate one of the original proofs in 1996. It came from the estate of a friend of Bowers and is autographed with a personal note.... $75 was the asking price. I gladly paid it. A standard edition sells for $50 to $100 depending upon condition. Warren Bodie now holds the rights to the original manuscript.

My regards,

Widewing

If you ever stumble on another copy of that book let me know, I too would gladly pay $100+ for it. The B-17, along with the Bf-109 is one of my favorite aircraft.