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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.
    Capt. Erich Hartmann
    Capt. Chuck Yeager
    Maj. Richard Ira Bong


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-51 Mustang
    P-38 Lightning
    P-47 Thunderbolt
    F6F Hellcat


3. What was the Luftwaffe's primary night fighter plane during World War II?
    Messerschmitt Me 109
    Messerschmitt Bf 110
    Junkers Ju 87
    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?
    Iasi
    Bucharest
    Ploesti
    Schweinfurt


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


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


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?
    Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
    Brig. Gen. William (Billy) Mitchell
    Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold
    Gen. John "Blackjack" Pershing


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.
    Shot down by Canadian pilot Arthur "Roy" Brown
    Australian artillery gunner W.J. "Snowy" Evans
    Machine gun ground fire from Australian Sergeant Cedric Popkin
    Mid-air collision with his wingman


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Compiled Jun 28 12