Fighter quiz

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Sorry, nobody has hit the country yet, nor gotten the correct make of the Fiat.

 

[Ohwell]

Beh, Russia then?

 

[Kennelly]

Ottoman Empire

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Originally posted by Ohwell
Beh, Russia then?

Bingo!

The Imperial Russian navy pionered offensive operations with seaplane carriers in 1915 in the Black sea, a little known fact.

Ohwell gets a kill.

 

[pap1723]

Isn't it true that the British Gloestor Meteor was used before the Me-262, but only to take out the V-1's sent at England?

Pap

 

[Lucky]

The Gloster Meteor was available before the Me-262 but not used offensively. The Me-262 was also only used as homeland defense against the allied bomber fleets. Problems with both was the relatively small range.

For the Italian biplane, how about the Fiat CR-30, that I tried to mention earlier?

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Sorry Lucky, the CR-30 was introduced in 1932, and out of service by 1935, replaced by the model 32.

Neither type was still operational in 1940, when the make of Fiat I'm looking for was Italy's most numerous fighter, even serving in France against England during the battle of Brittain!

 

[Lucky]

Well, then the only other biplane was the CR-42.
But both the CR-30 and CR-32 were used in WW2, too. Mostly as trainers and I thought that was what you were referring to when stating:"sent to war". I interpreted that as prepared for war!
Anyway, the CR-42 must be it then, as it was developed from the CR-32.

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Finally!

Yes, it IS the CR-42 Falco, used as a frontline fighter right up to Italy's surender!

Now only one question remains.

 

[Globber]

Ok, then. The American bomber was the Martin MB-1, based off the Brit O/1000 and Italian Caproni.

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

And that's a wrap for this quiz.

If everybody liked it, I'll do another.

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Score board:

Globber: 8 confirmed kills, Ace
Lucky: 4 confirmed kills
Hurricane: 3 confirmed kills
knowltok2: 3 confirmed kills
Knight-Dragon: 2 confirmed kills
OhWell: 1 confirmed kill

Confirmed kills are for first correct answers, all other correct answers are probales.

 

[knowltok2]

Not to be extremely petty (Okay, to be exactly that) but I did get the P-38 Answer first. The bold didn't work (My error) which may have caused it to be overlooked.

Now I think I will launch into a WR/P-like rant about rights, fairness, etc. !!! I may even threaten legal action, and to top it all off, I proclaim that none of you understand!

Whew, is there something in this coffee?

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

I didn't notice, for the very reason it wasn't bold.

But it is now corrected.

 

[Globber]

WOOHOO!!! I WIN!!! YAY, now I can pat myself on the back and have a soda.