Airpower in the two World Wars

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1. Who was the leading American Ace in World War II? Maj. Richard Ira Bong Capt. Chuck Yeager Maj. Thomas Maguire Jr. 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? F6F Hellcat P-51 Mustang P-38 Lightning P-47 Thunderbolt

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

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? Ploesti Schweinfurt Bucharest Iasi

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? The Flying Leathernecks Big Beautiful Doll Bock's Car Memphis Belle

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

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 IX Stalag VII-A Stalag Luft III

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