A HAIRY QUIZ..................

[hairy]

I thought it was about time I did one, so here goes..............

The following is a list of uncommon names for common WWII aircraft, some are the names they recieved in other countries or different branch of service, some are variations to an aircraft type, some are prototype names changed when entering production,some are easy and some are hard.

Soooooooo, what are the common names for these aircraft?

1/ Texan
2/ Washington
3/ Bolingbroke
4/ Bisley
5/ Canso
6/ Nighthawk
7/ Banshee
8/ Thunderbolt (not the P-47)
9/ Martlet
10/ Gannet
11/ Tarpon
12/ Hereford
13/ Lexington
14/ Apache
15/ Seaford
16/ Kaydet
17/ Digby
18/ Nomad
19/ Skytrain
20/ Gosling
21/ Convoy
22/ Tess
23/ Tabby
24/ GST
25/ Skytrooper
26/ Express
27/ Spider Crab

Answers next year. ;D

Happy New Year Y'all.

[Dave Homewood]

Hmmm, let's see now

1/ Texan = Harvard
2/ Washington = Superfortress
3/ Bolingbroke = Blenheim Mk IV
4/ Bisley = Blenheim Mk V
5/ Canso = Catalina
8/ Thunderbolt (not the P-47) = Wathog, oh not WWII
9/ Martlet = Grumman Wildcat in FAA service
11/ Tarpon = TBF Avenger in FAA service
12/ Hereford = HP Hampden
13/ Lexington = Ventura
16/ Kaydet = Stearman?
19/ Skytrain = Dakota = Gooney Bird
25/ Skytrooper = C46 Commando?
26/ Express = DH86?

That's the easy ones covered. There are a lot of 'hairy' ones there though i don't have a clue on.

[corsair67]

Bloody hell Hairy, where did you get these from? The only one's I would have guessed have all been taken by Dave!

Can't wait to see the answers.

[Bruce]

o.K. lets see how I go... (cool quiz!)

7. Douglas Dauntless
14 P51A Mustang
15 Sunderland 6 / Solent
17. Douglas B18
18 T28 Trojan
20 Grumman Widgeon
26 C82 Liberator Transport (B24)
27 DH Vampire

[turboNZ]

6. Nighthawk = A-20 Havoc/Boston. Was the night fighter variant.

24. GST = Catalina (was the Russian derivative)
25. Skytrooper = that was the Dakota wasn't it ?

That's all that I know of with the remaining ones.
Excellent quiz though !!!!

[Dave Homewood]

I thought the Dakota was the Skytrain, however it's had many names so this may be another of them I suppose - Gooney Bird, Spooky, Green Dragon...

[hairy]

Right, time to let you all off the hook............
1/ Texan = Harvard
2/ Washington = B-29 Superfortress in RAF service.
3/ Bolingbroke = Canadian Blenheim
4/ Bisley = Blenheim Mk.V (only used for a short time)
5/ Canso = Canadian Catalina
6/ Nighthawk = P-70 nightfighter variant of the A-20 Havoc.
7/ Banshee = A-24 - USAAF version of the Dauntless
8/ Thunderbolt = The original name for the METEOR changed to avoid confusion with P-47 in March 1942.
9/ Martlet = FAA name for the Wildcat, standardised back to Wildcat in Jan. 1944.
10/ Gannet = FAA name for Hellcat, changed back Jan. '44.
11/ Tarpon = FAA name for Avenger, changed back Jan. '44.
12/ Hereford = Hampden with Napier Dagger engines (100 built), most converted into Hampdens after re-engine with Bristol Pegasus.
13/ Lexington = USAAF version of the Ventura.
14/ Apache = USAAF name for Allison engined P-51A.
15/ Seaford = Sunderland MK.IV .
16/ Kaydet = USAAF name for the Boeing-Stearman Kaydet, which most people just call the Stearman.
17/ Digby = RCAF name for the B-18 Bolo.
18/ Nomad = PBN-1 - US Naval Aircraft Factory built Catalina, had a slightly different hull design and introduced the tall tail, of the 156 built 138 went to Russia.
19/ Skytrain = USAAF name for C-47, Dakota was RAF name.
20/ Gosling = Royal Navy name for Grumman Widgeon.
21/ Convoy = Original RCAF name for the Catalina, changed to Canso to avoid confusion with ship convoys.
22/ Tess = Allied name given to Japanese built DC-2 used by Japanese military in the Pacific.
23/ Tabby = Allied name given to Japanese built DC-3 used by Japanese military in the Pacific.
24/ GST = Russian built Catalina.
25/ Skytrooper = USAAF for C-53, basically the same as the C-47 except that it has no freight door.
26/ Express = C-87 transport version of the B-24 Liberator.
27/ Spider Crab = Initial name for the DH Vampire.

Not bad, between you you got 21/27.

I guess I will have to try harder next time

[Dave Homewood]

A very good quiz Marcus. Thanks. I learned a bit there.