Ww2 Quiz Part 2

Name the Italian Air Marshal shot down by his own gunners over Tobruk in 1940. (Hint: he was a pre-war aviator who gained fame with long-distance flights)

 

Italo Balbo

 

Giulio Douhet

 

Originally posted by morse1001@Aug 10 2005, 09:32 PM
Giulio Douhet
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Was Douhet not a pilot in WWI?

 

Originally posted by Lee Wisener+Aug 10 2005, 08:39 PM-->(Lee Wisener @ Aug 10 2005, 08:39 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-morse1001@Aug 10 2005, 09:32 PM
Giulio Douhet
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Was Douhet not a pilot in WWI?
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he was but also an aviation theoloigan in the post war period, he also flew long range flights

 

Does anybody give any creedence to the assertion by his wife that it was an assassination ordered by Mussolini?

 

I think its likely, Italo Balbo was well known to have held the belief that Italy should have been at the side of Britain rather than Germany and his public comments certainly did not go down to well with Mussolini.

The claim that is was an error to shoot down one of your aircrafts that you knew were returning from a routine patrol kind of stinks a bit.

My views on Mussolini are well know, he was a coward in the bigger picture and had more faces than the town hall clock, siding with whoever threatened him rather than stand up for himself, but this kind of assassination was right up his street.

 

Originally posted by morse1001+Aug 10 2005, 09:43 PM-->(morse1001 @ Aug 10 2005, 09:43 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Lee Wisener@Aug 10 2005, 08:39 PM
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Giulio Douhet
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Was Douhet not a pilot in WWI?
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he was but also an aviation theoloigan in the post war period, he also flew long range flights
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He died in 1930 from a heart attack. Although the similarities between him and balbo are quite striking in areas.

 

Originally posted by Lee Wisener+Aug 10 2005, 11:07 PM-->(Lee Wisener @ Aug 10 2005, 11:07 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by morse1001@Aug 10 2005, 09:43 PM
Originally posted by Lee Wisener@Aug 10 2005, 08:39 PM
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Giulio Douhet
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Was Douhet not a pilot in WWI?
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he was but also an aviation theoloigan in the post war period, he also flew long range flights
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He died in 1930 from a heart attack. Although the similarities between him and balbo are quite striking in areas.
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After a goodnights sleep! I agree withyou. it most have been the fancy hats!

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Originally posted by angie999@Aug 11 2005, 09:10 AM
Rules

For ease of access, these are the quiz rules, copied over from the old thread, which is now closed:

These are the rules:

1.Questions must be about any aspect of WWII. This can include the origins of the war and the aftermath.

2.Who ever answers the question correctly first can ask the next question. The person setting the question will state whether answers are correct in the first instance, but if they fail to do so within 24 hours, the quiz supervisor or moderator will invite the person who answered to post a source and decide if the answer is likely to be correct (they may invite opinions at this stage).

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Please note that one promised amendment is still due and will be done in the next few days.

Meanwhile, was it Bilbo we ask, Lee in particular, but he will have to wait for Kiwiwriter, because it is still only 5.00am in Newark, NJ.
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Why was the old one closed?

 

The old thread was closed purely due to its size for the sake of the database. Big threads like that can cause problems. So its better to split them on a regular basis.

 

Originally posted by Lee Wisener@Aug 11 2005, 05:33 PM
The old thread was closed purely due to its size for the sake of the database. Big threads like that can cause problems. So its better to split them on a regular basis.
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that makes sense

 

Italo Balbo is the correct answer! He was shot down by his own AA gunners. Nobody is sure if they were just panicking or trying to whack one of Mussolini's old cronies, who had since become one of his critics.

Your turn, Lee!

 

An hour before the air attack on Pearl Harbor, the destroyer USS Ward said it fired a shot into the base of the conning tower of an unknown submarine.

Can anyone tell me what type of sub it was and what its intentions were?

 

Originally posted by Lee Wisener@Aug 13 2005, 08:28 AM
An hour before the air attack on Pearl Harbor, the destroyer USS Ward said it fired a shot into the base of the conning tower of an unknown submarine.

Can anyone tell me what type of sub it was and what its intentions were?
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Japanese A1 midgets.

From memory, they were to sink any ships that escaped the harbour or attempt to sink ships and block the channel.

Footnote:

USS Ward was sunk 3 years to the day in the Philippines after landing her troops. The order to abandon and sink WARD was given by another ship USS O'Brien whose Captain was commanding the Ward on December 7th 1941.

A later commissioned USS O'Brien (Korean War) was captained by Nimitz's son.

 

it was I-18 a1 sub of the "special Attack" group

I 24 sister ship to the I-18
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Spidge got there first but nice picture from Morse so either can post the next question.

I have recently found a new interest in the underwater in terms of these and other small subs used during the war. Many were used in different ways and its all quite fascinating.

 

Come on Morse1001,

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