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Aloha All, Trivia question: How many American aircraft were airborne DURING the Pearl Harbor Attack?
As the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association limits their membership to those military on Oahu bet...
...k. Small numbers destroyed on the ground or by German bomber crews.
Wrong. The Soviets lost some 77,000 aircraft in combat on the Eastern Front. German fighters alone claimed 45,000 kills against ...
Hi, What was the reason or reasons why sawdust was spread on the surface of aircraft carriers operating in the North Atlantic during WWII? Any information or referrals would be appreciated.
Radial (aircraft) engine oil would drain down from the cylinder walls and other vital engine components following shut down. I'm not sure how long it would take for this to happen, let's a...
There were several rockets designed to be fired from aircraft. The Sd1400=
Fritz X was radiocontrolled and the aimer situated in the aircraft could direct the rocket by means of a joy-stick contro...
...ocked out the ignition systems among other things. A friend of mine claims the Enola Gay was not the actual aircraft and crew that dropped the A-Bomb. He has an uncle who was a part of the unit that d...
...aft accounted for several U Boats. Any other small craft credited with U boats? What about Civil Air Patrol aircraft? Most accounts list 2 U Boats as being sunk by CAP aircraft, but can not find any c...
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On the question of whether Captain D'Oyly-Hughes was negligent in not having search aircraft aloft is muddied by another issue - whether it was a practical possibility!
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What if the Nazis had held out and the war in Europe lasted until 1946? We'll review the remarkable aircraft that Germany had in development at war's end, such as manned supersonic aircra...
... aim of the operation was to isolate Java. Darwin airfield was in use as part of the ferry system supplying aircraft to allied bases in Indonesia and the Philippines and the port in use for running co...
...ons, but the rest of the series never saw daylight (as far as I know). Fairly good representation of ships, aircraft and flak. Very good AI. Very good on the uncertainty. fear and doubt aspects - airc...
...he plane. The Ju-290 had exceptional long range and load carrying ability so in 1943 when germany wanted an aircraft able to reach America and back without refuelling they chose to improve the Ju-290....
...arget, a bomb dropped, or a mission?). Ship crews painted enemy flags or symbols for planes that their anti-aircraft guns are credited with shooting down, and depictions of ships that their guns (or a...
In a modern airline situation the FO is the highest ranking officer in the aircraft usually the pilot. IIRC
Anyone have some accurate numbers as to the kill ration of the Corsair vrs any Luftwaffe combat aircraft? I know the French flew a few...but did anyone else?
Thanks in advance...
...TAS of 260 MPH occurs at an IAS of 151 MPH. At an IAS of 135 MPH, the TAS is 233 MPH. For ground based anti-aircraft fire, the apparent speed of the aircraft is the TAS - really cranking along.
Fo...
...Stukageschwader, and I refuse to translate Stuka. LG means Lehrgeschwader, and I'm told they evaluated aircraft. Tended to have varied equipment. JV means Jagdverband, and the only example was JV...
There is an interesting short web site about Japan's
only aircraft raid on the U.S mainland during WWII.
http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/bomboregon.html
John Decker
does anyone happen to have the Japanses Aircraft Carriers that were sunk in the battle of Midway? and which of those were involved in the bombing of pearl harbor?
Chris Ramirez
oes anyone happ...
The Germans ended up being desparately short of everything, to the point of converting the MG15 flexible aircraft gun to a ground gun. Yes, there were MG08s in service... along with just about anythin...
...rman Plane equiped with one of the first radar sets for night navigation. I seem to remember a picture of a Aircraft with a set of Antennas junting out the front.
I assume they were testing out th...
Now that I have tracked down the B-29 'LADY BE GOOD, ' I wonder if there were any more aircraft with that name. Could there have been a B-17 or a B-25 with that name? If you know of any othe...
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Since the Bismarck's war diary and any records Lutjens kept were lost, one can only speculate. By the time Prinz Eugen was released, Lutjens had already decided he would go directly to...
Two of my uncles fought for the British in WWII.
One, who was eager to see action, ended up on a aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean and never saw battle.
The other, who didn't want any ...
...t Narsassuaq in Greenland, called Bluie West One. It went into service I believe in 1942 and was a stop for aircraft being ferried from the United States to Britain.
And can anyone suggest why �...
the real shame was that the british 3.7' anti-aircraft gun was superior to the 88 and it was hardly ever used in an anti-tank role and nwasn't converted into a tank gun. at alamein the brits...
...may know about the Groupe I/33.
I understand they were equipped with Potez fighter/bomber/reconnaisance aircraft, and were under the command of Général Valin.
It is possible the group was al...
...sh bombers to the war against the u boats in the atlantic, and why did the british not develop a long range aircraft as the americans did with the liberator.
and why did the liberator have such long ...
... March 4/5 1942. Their lack of results was caused by cloud cover obscuring the target area rather than anti-aircraft fire but you've got most of the rest of the story correct - including the subm...
... 1944. In 1941 about 90% of German tanks and infantry was on the Eastern Front, a long side with 60% of the aircraft. The same story for 1942. In 1943, about 99% of the German combat ready troops were...
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