World War 2 Trivia

Flyboy2 · Oct 19, 2008

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

Njaco · Oct 19, 2008

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

Graeme · Oct 19, 2008

Sure...

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

GrauGeist · Oct 20, 2008

Graeme said:
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 · Oct 20, 2008

GrauGeist said:
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 · Oct 20, 2008

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

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

edd

Amsel · Oct 20, 2008

I can't see the helmet.

B-17engineer · Oct 20, 2008

I can't see the helmet either.

Graeme · Oct 20, 2008

Amsel said:
I can't see the helmet.

B-17engineer said:
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 · Oct 20, 2008

Eventually Thanks Greame

edd

GrauGeist · Oct 20, 2008

Graeme said:
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 · Oct 20, 2008

As for the helmet Saburo Sakai

B-17engineer · Oct 20, 2008

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

Njaco · Oct 20, 2008

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 · Oct 20, 2008

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

And for extra credit, who killed him?

Njaco · Oct 20, 2008

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 · Oct 20, 2008

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

Graeme · Oct 21, 2008

GrauGeist said:
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 · Oct 21, 2008

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 · Oct 21, 2008

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".

World War 2 Trivia

Senior Airman

The Pop-Tart Whisperer

1st Sergeant

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

1st Sergeant

Senior Airman

Tech Sergeant

Colonel

1st Sergeant

Senior Airman

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

1st Lieutenant

Colonel

The Pop-Tart Whisperer

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

The Pop-Tart Whisperer

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

1st Sergeant

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

1st Sergeant

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