World War 2 Trivia

[vikingBerserker]

Barak Obama?

Nice!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Another clue, ALL OF THESE GUYS WERE AMERICAN EXCEPT THEIR SQUADRON LEADERS.
Hodgkins is not it.

 

[Soldier]

How about Gilmore C. Daniels ?

 

[vinnye]

The words I remember to the Bogie tune were ;
Hitler has only got one ball,
the other is in the Albert Hall,
his mother, the dirty bugger,
she cut it off when he was small.

Not the most PC version, but was sung when I was a kid.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Soldier, you got it sir. It was not until after the war that he found out his real birth date of November30, 1925, which would have made him 14 when he joined the RAF.

It's your turn Soldier, take it away.

 

[Soldier]

Okay, This WWII hero received a Navy Cross, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, and a Navy Distinguished Service Medal. He was a Captain at the time in WWII and was instrumental in portraying the F4F as not being inferior to the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

 

[Soldier]

A clue: He helped Develop what is now the Naval Safety Center.

 

[mikewint]

The only name that comes to mind with the Wildcat is the "Thach Weave" man John Thach

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Well there goes my guess.

 

[Soldier]

Thach is not it. But the tactic was not known until after this person submitted a report about it. He was considered an aerial gunnery expert in WWII. He also had an Airfield named after him not far from where I live

 

[meatloaf109]

Joe Foss?

 

[Soldier]

Nope. Not Joe Foss.

This individual retired as A Vice Admiral and Died a monthe Later on July 9, 1958.

 

[pattle]

Flatley of the Enterprise Reapers, as seen on Battle 360?

 

[Soldier]

Flatley of the Enterprise Reapers, as seen on Battle 360?

Yes, Pattle, the very same James H. Flately Jr.

Your Turn

 

[Njaco]

Foss and Thatch were my first 2 guesses also!

 

[pattle]

A highly decorated and controversial British SAS officer that served in Crete, North Africa, Italy, France and later Palestine?

 

[herman1rg]

Roy Farran DSO, MC Two Bars

Farran became widely known after being court martialled on a charge of murdering a 16-year-old member of the Jewish underground group Lehi during his command of an undercover Palestine Police unit.

 

[pattle]

Roy Farran DSO, MC Two Bars

Farran became widely known after being court martialled on a charge of murdering a 16-year-old member of the Jewish underground group Lehi during his command of an undercover Palestine Police unit.

Yes well done it was Roy Farran, that was quick.

 

[pattle]

Come on Herman ask us a question then!

 

[GrauGeist]

Yeah, quite holding up the show!

Of course, it took me how many years to post the answer to mine?