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Airpower in the two World Wars

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Airpower in the two World Wars game quiz
"This quiz is about the aircraft, pilots, and airpower application in World War I and World War II."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Who was the leading American Ace in World War II?
    Maj. Thomas Maguire Jr.
    Maj. Richard Ira Bong
    Capt. Chuck Yeager
    Capt. Erich Hartmann


2. What aircraft did America's #1 and #2 Aces of World War II (Maj. Bong and Maj. Maguire) fly for a majority of their kills?
    P-38 Lightning
    P-47 Thunderbolt
    P-51 Mustang
    F6F Hellcat


3. What was the Luftwaffe's primary night fighter plane during World War II?
    Messerschmitt Me 109
    Focke-Wulf Fw 190
    Junkers Ju 87
    Messerschmitt Bf 110


4. On 1 August 1943, American B-24 Liberators took heavy casualties in a major air offensive against the strategic oil fileds near what Romanian city?
    Iasi
    Bucharest
    Ploesti
    Schweinfurt


5. What famous American aviation group flew P-51 Mustangs with bright red tails?
    1st American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers)
    332d Fighter Group (The Tuskegee Airmen)
    Lafayette Escadrille
    8th Air Force


6. Who was the first American flying Ace?
    Chuck Yeager
    Eddie Rickenbacker
    Gervais Raoul Lufbery
    Frank Luke Jr.


7. What 1990 film was inspired by the first 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress crew to complete 25 missions over Germany/German-occupied territory?
    Big Beautiful Doll
    The Flying Leathernecks
    Memphis Belle
    Bock's Car


8. What American aviator led the Allied air phase at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel in September 1918?
    Gen. John "Blackjack" Pershing
    Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
    Brig. Gen. William (Billy) Mitchell
    Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold


9. What German prisoner of war camp for downed Allied airmen was the motivation for two famous prison escape films: "The Wooden Horse" and "The Great Escape," and was located in Sagan, Poland?
    Stalag XVII-B
    Stalag Luft III
    Stalag VII-A
    Stalag Luft IX


10. Which of the following is __not__ a proposed theory as to who/what killed "The Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen.
    Australian artillery gunner W.J. "Snowy" Evans
    Shot down by Canadian pilot Arthur "Roy" Brown
    Mid-air collision with his wingman
    Machine gun ground fire from Australian Sergeant Cedric Popkin


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