3rd Cumulative WW2 History Quiz
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IronMan2055
Korra 2011
a bell xp 77
Hornblower
Cry Havoc!
No it isn't Bell 77. The Bell had a flat radiator under the nose and the bubble canopy sat almost at the tailplane.
The tailplane is what has me stumped on this one.
The tail on this is a large vertical surface above plus a smaller one below and small circular vertical surfaces on the tailplane. It is very reminiscent of the Arado's from late in the war but since it is allied I am completely stumped.
Many aircraft of that era had a similar look but none that I can think of had such a unique tail.
Curtiss P-60, the P39 Airobonita and P-50 are all similar but not with that tail.
Can we research this one?
The tailplane is what has me stumped on this one.
The tail on this is a large vertical surface above plus a smaller one below and small circular vertical surfaces on the tailplane. It is very reminiscent of the Arado's from late in the war but since it is allied I am completely stumped.
Many aircraft of that era had a similar look but none that I can think of had such a unique tail.
Curtiss P-60, the P39 Airobonita and P-50 are all similar but not with that tail.
Can we research this one?
jeriko one
Exalted Fleetlord
Hurricane?
IronMan2055
Korra 2011
nope i'm pretty sure its not a hurricane from stated above the round part of the tail maybe a torpedo plane because of the line from the above ground view
IronMan2055
Korra 2011
does it have skates instead of wheels it seems to be russian then
The 2nd picture is of the 3rd prototype, the others had a wheeled landing gear from what I can see. I believe this prototype got damaged during a take-off or landing incident. There were 8 prototypes built altogether, I believe. It did not go into production, one of the main reasons being the 2nd prototype killed this man:
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Forgive me, but since noone was etting it, I took the chance to research it in my books.
It is a Berezniak-Isaev BI-1.
It is a Berezniak-Isaev BI-1.
nonconformist said:
The BI it is. If any are interested in further info on this aircraft, this is a pretty good online description. The author even found some old video footage of the BI and put it on the site. Part of his larger site on aviation, along with many other things, past and present and packed full of information. Much of not so readily available to those of us in the west.
The BI:
http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws001/bi/index.htm
Index:
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vvs/history/index.htm
Home:
http://www.aeronautics.ru/index.htm
Your turn nonconformist.
nonconformist
Miserable
Thankyou! good question, and good resources!
I'll have a question up tomorrow morning
I'll have a question up tomorrow morning
nonconformist
Miserable
Okay, here we are.
What is this?
What is this?
IronMan2055
Korra 2011
it's german right with a fog thrower on it
nonconformist
Miserable
Nope to both.
jeriko one
Exalted Fleetlord
A rocket-launcher ship from D-Day?
I don't remember the exact designation, but it looks like an Allied Landing Ship Tank (Rocket) LST(R) or Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) LSM(R). Both the Americans and British built their own versions of both and had several different types.
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meisen said:
Yep! Though Jeriko had the general idea, Meisen had the designation, and specifics from it.
These huge ships would have their decks completely lines with rockets set at a particular angle. They would then be assigned a target, and would work out the range. Then, they would approach the target, until the area the rockets would land would line up with the target, and they'd then fire thousands of these bombs.
I believe they were used mostly, if not exclusively, in the invasion of France.
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