Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Hmmm, well you got one out of three!

Now which one?!

My wild "Google free" guess:

#1 German

#2 Do-17

#3 Kiel

My wild guess as well.

1. Germany
2. Ju-88
3. Hamburg

Okay guys, I'll try to clear things up a bit. The first bomb to fall on German soil (you have got that part correct) was not from a German airplane and it was an incident that was not intended.

Hmmmm?

No harming of animals occured during this incident.

This happened very early on and the original target was not on German soil.

Here's another wild shot in the dark.

Germany

Aircraft: Russian Tupolev SB

Location: Dresden

Nope, not a Russian aircraft and it wasn't Dresden.

Start to Googlin'!

Wild guess:

Q: The first bomb to fall on #1 ________ soil during WWII was a mistake and was dropped by a #2 _______ returning from a raid. This bomb fell on #3 _______ .

#1: Name the country. Luxembourg

#2: Name the Aircraft. Ju-52

#3: Name the location. Vianden castle

Oh! OH! oh! I KNOW! 

....Uhhh Maybe I don't. The "returning" from a raid isn't right I don't think.

Q: The first bomb to fall on #1 ________ soil during WWII was a mistake and was dropped by a #2 _______ returning from a raid. This bomb fell on #3 _______ .

#1: Name the country. Netherlands

#2: Name the Aircraft. He-111

#3: Name the location. Rotterdam

Sorry trexx, it was on Germany where the bomb fell and it was from an enemy (to the Germans, anyway!) aircraft.

trexx wrote:

The "returning" from a raid isn't right I don't think.

And yes, the "returning from a raid" is correct.

mojodoctor wrote:

trexx wrote: The "returning" from a raid isn't right I don't think. And yes, the "returning from a raid" is correct.

That was a comment to my "Rotterdam" guess only, not a critizism of your excellent question.

Hmmm, not sure if my question is so excellent. Didn't mean to make it so difficult as it Googles up first on the page when the words I've used are typed in.

Thought it was going to an easy one. Hmmm?

Do you mean this??

The first bomb of the war to land on German soil was dropped on December 3, 1939. A Wellington bomber of 115 Squadron, attacking German shipping in the North Sea, suffered a 'hang up' when one of its bombs failed to drop. It fell off on the return trip over the island of Heligoland.

 Another guess:

1. Germany

2. Fokker T. V

3. Aachen?????

Edit- Darn, I think I was beat while typing. But that seems correct.

swingr found the source I had found!

When I Googled "first bomb to fall on German soil ww2", that was the first listing to pop up. But of course when you do that now this thread comes up. Wow, we're in the news, eh?!

On to you swingr!

Yes, my google-fu is strong today.  As far as a question goes, I haven't got a clue what to ask.  I'll try something that isn't from google. 

This WWII plane is the only known to be left out of all participants.  This aircraft was once lost, but then it was found.  The question is three part; what is this plane, what is its significance, and how was it lost?

Hope that this is a good enough question to at least last an hour or so.

Mike

I am guessing that this was an aircraft only used by a non-combative country (neutral) during WWII had some significance in aviation history.

Mike T.

Sorry for the vagueness guys.  This is a US WWII plane that was lost and then found.  It has pretty big significance as being the only one from __________ remaining.  It was a combat aircraft and that is part of the significance.   

So, what type of plane, what is so special about this individual aircraft, and how was it lost?

If you have any more questions, let me know.

That sounds like Glacier Gal, the P-38F Lightening found in Greenland under the ice.

err; Glacier Girl

Mike T.

If I understand this, the aircraft in question is the only surviving example. Yes?

There are a few P-38's around.

The only one of a kind airplane I know of built and used by the U.S.A. is the B-15.

Losing that behemoth would be extraordinarly "difficult"...

SBD-2 Dauntless BuNo 2106.

The only survivor of the Battle of Midway.

Recovered from Lake Michigan in 1994, where it was lost during CQ training in 1943. Now restored & on display at NMNA Pensacola.

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Milairjunkie wrote:

SBD-2 Dauntless BuNo 2106. The only survivor of the Battle of Midway. Recovered from Lake Michigan in 1994, where it was lost during CQ training in 1943. Now restored & on display at NMNA Pensacola. ???????????????????????????

100% Milairjunkie.  Right on the nose.  Have you been there to see the aircraft? And just to be a good sport about it, here are a few pics.  I thought it was pretty interesting and I hope that you do too.