World War 2 Trivia

[Flyboy2]

Wow thats interesting... What was the reasoning behind giving Yamamoto that award

 

[Njaco]

Graeme, you got it! You have a question for us since you guessed correctly?

 

[Graeme]

Sure...

What was the aircraft that eventually spotted Eddie, adrift in the ocean?

 

[GrauGeist]

What was the aircraft that eventually spotted Eddie, adrift in the ocean?

Not sure what the make was of the aircraft that spotted him, but I'm pretty sure the aircraft that picked him up was a Kingfisher.

 

[Graeme]

Not sure what the make was of the aircraft that spotted him, but I'm pretty sure the aircraft that picked him up was a Kingfisher.

Hi Grau. From what I've read it was a Vought Kingfisher that spotted him, but he was returned to Funafuti atoll in PT-26, skippered by Ensign John M. Weeks.

 

[eddie_brunette]

ok, let's try again.....

Who's helmet is this, and after what famous battle...

edd

 

[Amsel]

I can't see the helmet.

 

[B-17engineer]

I can't see the helmet either.

 

[Graeme]

I can't see the helmet.

I can't see the helmet either.

Work's fine from the bottom of the world. This is what Eddie is trying to show you...

 

[eddie_brunette]

Eventually Thanks Greame

edd

 

[GrauGeist]

Hi Grau. From what I've read it was a Vought Kingfisher that spotted him, but he was returned to Funafuti atoll in PT-26, skippered by Ensign John M. Weeks.

Ahh...well, ok

I was close though!

 

[pbfoot]

As for the helmet Saburo Sakai

 

[B-17engineer]

.......I would've guessed that too........darn Pb......

 

[Njaco]

Pb, beat me to it. Ok, your turn, Leadfoot!.

or even Grau. We had 2 questions going there.

I can't see the helmet.

thats what she said.

 

[GrauGeist]

Ok...who was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in combat during WWII?

And for extra credit, who killed him?

 

[Njaco]

I'm gonna say General Andrews? KIA in 1943 ( I think I posted this info a few months back) I'm not so sure.

 

[GrauGeist]

Gen. Andrews was killed in an accident, not in combat though

 

[Graeme]

Ok...who was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in combat during WWII?

And for extra credit, who killed him?

G'day Grau.

Got these from a WWII site and Wiki...

"The highest ranking U.S. general killed by enemy fire was Lt. General Simon Bolivar, Jr."

"He was killed during the closing days of the Battle of Okinawa by enemy artillery fire. Buckner remains the highest-ranking American to have been killed by enemy fire during the Second World War, and the highest military officer lost during WWII, along with Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, who was killed by friendly fire in France on July 25, 1944."

By the term "who", did you mean someone specifically or simply Japanese artillery?

 

[GrauGeist]

Graeme, well done!

And yes, the "who" would have been the Japanese.

Lt. Gen. McNair, was killed by bombs dropped by the 8th AF near St. Lo on 25 July 1944, by the way.

 

[Graeme]

On the subject of Generals...Who's this?...



He was dyslexic and has been quoted as saying...

"Any idiot can spell a word the same way time after time. But it calls for imagination and is much more distinguished to be able to spell it several different ways as I do".