3rd Cumulative WW2 History Quiz

[Rik Meleet]

The star reveals it is Russian. The unorthodox (and not recognisable design) gives away it was either a small comapny who made it, or a company not existing anymore. That removes Ilyushin, Mig and Tupolev.

Is it a Petlyakov ?

 

[Zardnaar]

The star reveals it is Russian. The unorthodox (and not recognisable design) gives away it was either a small comapny who made it, or a company not existing anymore. That removes Ilyushin, Mig and Tupolev.

Is it a Petlyakov ?

I don't thnik its a PE2 and i can't remember the other PE models.

 

[Adler17]

A P 39 Airacobra?

Adler

 

[nonconformist]

Yeah, I'd have thought it was a Bell Airacobra too, by the 37mm cannon, and the cockpit "doors".

 

[cidknee]

it is a P39... so many of them were shipped over in lend lease it wasnt funny.
russians rarely painted thier planes green, they came that way from the US.
The US tried to pass them( P39's) on to the brits and wella fter 1 test flight they knew what garbage they were, and passed. All this of course is info I gathered from an old friend who flew in WW2, he was in a VA home.. and always came over to the schools i went to.

 

[YNCS]

A P 39 Airacobra?

Adler

Adler is correct.

The picture is of Lendlease P-39 Airacobras, sitting in Tehran, Iran, waiting for Soviet pilots to take them away.

The photograph is unusual in that it's in color. While color photography was first developed in the 1920s, it didn't beome widespread until the 1950s.

 

[Zardnaar]

P-39 was a crap plane?

 

[cidknee]

P-39 was a crap plane?

well it lacked a supercharger and that made its performance very sub par.
ones that remained in the us were renamed the p 400... yeah good try.

 

[privatehudson]

It wasn't really a bad plane no, after all most of the prominent Russian aces of WW2 used the plane at some time or another, and in at least one case most of his kills were in an Aircobra. Certainly there were better planes, but I wouldn't go as far as calling it crap.

 

[Ace]

I vaguely recall reading somewhere, that the Russians thought the P-39 was worthless as a fighter plane, but they used it in the anti-tank role quite a bit, expecially before the IL2 Stormovik was put into full production. Its 37 MM cannon was an excellent anti-tank weapon.

 

[privatehudson]

They certainly used it in that role, but as I said, a large number of fighter Aces also used the plane, some quite extensively, so I wouldn't say they all considered it worthless. Which is one of the reasons that the argument that the Western Allies sent only worthless junk (Aircobras, Hurricanes etc) is silly, if they were so worthless their Aces would not have been using them would they?

 

[cidknee]

well im sorry if my previous statement was saying that they were PURE garbage. they were horrible at air to air, unless low level. The 37 mm cannon did work well on tanks and even better on the infantry carriers that the krauts used. Now there were some great flyers in aircobras, and well the russkies actually developed tactics to compensate for the planes flaws. The air cobra was even used on guadalcanal, excelled in the attac role, also in North Africa. It was a good plane, but there were much much better ones out there at the same time. And wow a color photo.. that isnt very common

 

[FriendlyFire]

Has to be Manchuria. In 9 days the Russians captured an area the size of (Western) Europe 1000 miles (N-S) by 800 miles (E-W).
A lot quicker than the Germans did. In the early days of Barbarossa the advance was about 300 miles a month. Russia did 1000 miles in 9 days.

Edit: wicked X-post ...

Thats because of the condition and obolestion of the japanese army.

 

[Adler17]

The fights on the eastern front were mostly flown at low levels. Also an interesting fact: The German aces preferred the Me 109 over the better FW 190. And they were still able to win over opponents although the plane was obsolete at the end of the war.
Anyway here is my question:

Who was the Japanese commander at Tassafaronga?

Adler

 

[cidknee]

wasnt that the sea operation around guadalcanal? if so Rear-Admiral Tanaka Raizo was the guy in charge of that.

 

[FriendlyFire]

The fights on the eastern front were mostly flown at low levels. Also an interesting fact: The German aces preferred the Me 109 over the better FW 190. And they were still able to win over opponents although the plane was obsolete at the end of the war.

Isnt it because the later versions had much smaller wing spans. Which meant the 109 had a much tighter turning circle ?
For those pilots willing to risk there planes snapping in half it was possible to outturn the spitfire.

 

[cidknee]

Isnt it because the later versions had much smaller wing spans. Which meant the 109 had a much tighter turning circle ?
For those pilots willing to risk there planes snapping in half it was possible to outturn the spitfire.

well I know that some of the spits had thier wings clipped for just that purpose. they could out turn anything out there, No idea about why it worked but 3rd hand accounts and stories and photos make it seem believeable

 

[Adler17]

Me 109 and Spitfire were almost equal for very long in the war. Although both planes were superior in certain aspects. However when the Spitfire IX appeared this plane took the lead- until a bit later a new enemy appeared: FW 190.

But back to the question: Cidknee is right. It was Admiral Tanaka. Your question.

Adler

 

[cidknee]

OMG I got that one from memory! ok ill post my question.. and btw today is th anniversary of DDay.May god rest thier brave souls.

Was a plane carrying Winston Churchill almost shot down during World War 2? and if so, how?

 

[Serutan]

Didn't the Russians almost open fire on both Churchill and
Roosevelt as they were flying in to Yalta?