WWII Pop Quiz!

[B-17engineer]

I don't know if I'll have the right answer!

 

[GrauGeist]

LOL!

Ok, I'll toss one out there...

The Luftwaffe had an aircraft that went operational in 1935 and continued in service (with just a few varients) until 1945. It was originally powered by a Rolls Royce engine.

Anyone want to take a guess at which aircraft this is?

 

[B-17engineer]

Bf-108?

 

[GrauGeist]

Bf-108?

Nope...it was a warplane

 

[B-17engineer]

I can't get anything right! Humph....

 

[GrauGeist]

well, do some research then, man!

You have some clues:
First in service in 1935
Served through 1945
Warplane
Rolls Royce Engine in early models

 

[B-17engineer]

will do!

 

[norab]

Bf-109 ?

 

[GrauGeist]

Bf-109 ?

Not the Bf109

 

[jamierd]

Ju 87

 

[GrauGeist]

Ju 87

You got it!

The first engine fitted to the Stuka was the Rolls Royce Kestrel

Your turn, Jamie!

 

[jamierd]

what was the first thing patton did when he reached the rhine

 

[Smoke]

Go for a swim?

 

[GrauGeist]

what was the first thing patton did when he reached the rhine

He peed in it! (seriously)

 

[vikingBerserker]

Patton was always classy!

 

[jamierd]

Graugeist got it

 

[norab]

Not the Bf109

Design work on what was to become the Bf 109 began in March 1934, just three weeks after the development contract was awarded, under Messerschmitt Project number P.1034. The basic mock-up was completed by May 1934, and a more detailed design mock-up was prepared by January 1935. The design was issued with the RLM's designation of "Bf 109", with the 109 next in line from a batch of type numbers assigned to BFW.[7]

The first prototype (Versuchsflugzeug 1 or V1), with the civilian registration D-IABI, was completed by May 1935, but the German engines were not yet ready. In order to get the "RIII" designs into the air, the RLM acquired four Rolls-Royce Kestrel VI engines by trading Rolls-Royce a Heinkel He 70 Blitz as an engine test-bed.[nb 2] Messerschmitt received two of these engines and started adapting the engine mounts of V1 to take the V-12 engine upright. This work was completed in August, and V1 completed flight tests in September 1935. The aircraft was then sent to the Luftwaffe test centre at Rechlin to take part in the design contest.

By late-summer, the Jumo engines were starting to become available, and V2 was completed with the 449 kW (600 hp) Jumo 210A in October 1935. V3 followed, being the first to actually mount guns, but another Jumo 210 was not available and it ended up delaying the flight of V3 until May 1936.]

Despite the earlier odds of being issued a contract for a production fighter aircraft, Willy Messerschmitt had been developing the Bf 109A alongside the Bf 108A.7 The first Bf 109 prototype, the Bf-109V1 had a British Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine when it made its debut in September 1935

The Ju-87 prototypes and the Bf-109 were both powered by the Kestral and fit the question