[smartd]

Originally Posted by Cruver Collecter

During its operations during WWII, Finland used a variety of aircraft from several forieign sources. In which of the following airframes did they actually actually have the highest scoring ace for that type aircraft?

1. Fokker D.XXI, Morane-Saulnier MS. 406, Brewster Model 239, Fiat G 50, Gloster Gladiator
2. Fokker D.XXI, Morane-Saulnier MS. 406, Brewster Model 239, Fiat G 50, Gloster Gladiator
3. Fokker D.XXI, Morane-Saulnier MS. 406, Brewster Model 239, Fiat G 50, Curtiss Hawk 75A
4. Fokker D.XXI, Morane-Saulnier MS. 406, Brewster Model 239, Fiat G 50, Hawker Hurricane

Not sure I understand the question or choices since 1 & 2 are the same.
However, Ilmari Juutilainen had 94 kills flying DXXI. B 239 and Me 109.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by smartd

Not sure I understand the question or choices since 1 & 2 are the same.
However, Ilmari Juutilainen had 94 kills flying DXXI. B 239 and Me 109.

Good catch, but it might be of some help. Answer for 1 & 2 is incorrect, which just leaves 3&4.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by smartd

4

They were good, but it was just alittle less than 42 aces they generated.

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by Epapazian

Let's try one about speed.

Which of these WWII fighters was the fastest when flying at 20,000 feet altitude?

1) Tempest Mk V
2) FW-190D
3) F4U
4) LA-7
5) BF-109K
6) Nakajima Ki-84 Frank

Moving this one uo from the rear

[Epapazian]

The U.S. has porduced many great strategic bombers. Which of these had the shortest operational career with U.S. forces?

1) B-17
2) B-47
3) B-36
4) B-24

[smartd]

Originally Posted by Epapazian

The U.S. has porduced many great strategic bombers. Which of these had the shortest operational career with U.S. forces?

1) B-17
2) B-47
3) B-36
4) B-24

4. B 24

[Shamrock]

B 36. as far as I can recall.

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by smartd

4. B 24

That's correct. The U.S. quickly scrapped many of the 18,000 or so B-24s made or sold some to entities like the rump Chinese Nationalist government based in Formosa, who used them to bomb the mainland for some time following the commie takeover.

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by Epapazian

This may prove to be somewhat controversial.

During WWII, one source indicates that the Luftwaffe's fighter arm scored 46,000 kills in air combat and over-all, through the entire conflict, held a 2.7 to 1 edge in kill ratios versus Allied pilots on all fronts, including the East. Bearing this in mind, which of these is the most accurate win/loss ratio for the Luftwaffe against the Soviets between 1941 and 1945?

1) 4 to1
2) 6 to 1
3) 8 to 1
4) 10 to 1
5) 15 to 1

Giving this one last shot for someone to answer before retiring it.

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by Shamrock

B 36. as far as I can recall.

The first B-36s reached U.S. Air Force units in the late summer of 1947 and later versions of the plane were still in use six or seven years later ( production halted in 1954 ). In contrast, the first operational B-24s were received by USAAF units probably in 1941 while its first combat missions came in the Spring of 1942. So the B-24 had an operational life about half as long as the B-36...at least as far as the U.S. was concerned.