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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 3, 2006 12:40:57 GMT 12
Following on from Hairy's excellent aircraft nickname quiz a few months ago, here's another. What was the real official title of aircraft who bore these nicknames?
Nine-ack
Rumpety
Jenny
Pup
Camel
Ginny
Brisfit
Albafoo
Applecore
Annie
The Greenhouse
The Cheesecake
The Panhandle
The Flying Pig
Lizzie
The Yellow Belly
Meph
Oxo
Tommy
Nellie
The Crikey
Kipper Kites
Junkersmitts
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Post by turboNZ on Feb 3, 2006 15:18:30 GMT 12
Brisfit = Bristol Fighter
Lizzie = Lysander
Applecore = Albacore
Annie = I think is "Iron Annie" Ju-52
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Post by phil82 on Feb 3, 2006 15:46:56 GMT 12
" Annie" was the Avro Anson I think. There were/are at least two aircraft known as "Pigs", the General Dynamics F111, and the Vickers Valetta.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 3, 2006 17:25:14 GMT 12
The following are correct:
Brisfit = Bristol Fighter
Lizzie = Westland Lysander
Applecore = Fairey Albacore
Annie = Avro Anson
I meant to say these are all pre-1942 nicknames, so in this case, there's another Flying Pig
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Post by mumbles on Feb 3, 2006 22:47:57 GMT 12
From memory (any other way would be cheating!  , and skipping those already named: Nine-ack - De Havilland 9a Rumpety- Rumpler? Jenny- Curtiss JN-4 Pup and Camel -Sopwiths Ginny- Vickers Virginia Albafoo- Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle? The Greenhouse - Airspeed Oxford The Panhandle- Handley-Page Hampden? The Crikey- Westland Whirlwind (not the helicopter) Oxo- Airspeed Oxford |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 4, 2006 9:52:48 GMT 12
Nine-ack - De Havilland 9a Correct
Rumpety- Rumpler? No
Jenny- Curtiss JN-4 Correct
Pup and Camel -Sopwiths No, Sopwith designs yes, but they had actual names officially before the nickanmes of Pup and Camel became so well known they were adopted. What were their original real names?
Ginny- Vickers Virginia Correct
Albafoo- Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle? No
The Greenhouse - Airspeed Oxford No
The Panhandle- Handley-Page Hampden? Correct
The Crikey- Westland Whirlwind (not the helicopter) Correct
Oxo- Airspeed Oxford Correct
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 7, 2006 23:20:14 GMT 12
Cpme on chaps and chapesses, can you get the remaining nicknames? They are
Rumpety
Pup
Camel
Albafoo
The Greenhouse
The Cheesecake
The Flying Pig
The Yellow Belly
Meph
Tommy
Nellie
Kipper Kites
Junkersmitts
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 12, 2006 13:10:28 GMT 12
All right, time is up: Answers...
Rumpety = Maurice Farman Shorthorn
Pup = Sopwith Scout
Camel = Sopwith Scout F.1
Albafoo = Albatross
The Greenhouse = Fairey Battle
The Cheesecake = Vought-Sikorsky SB2U Chesapeake
The Flying Pig = The Lerwick (due to its big hull)
The Yellow Belly = Messerschmidt Me109E
Meph = Me109F
Tommy = The P40B Tomahawk
Nellie = The Wallace (Westland?)
Kipper Kites = All Coastal Command aircraft types
Junkersmitts = Any unidentified enemy types
These all came from Contact, The National Magazine of the RNZAF (March 1942)
Here's a couple more to tease you (some easy ones here too):
What was the Tinside?
What was a Maggie?
What was a Cat?
What was a Wimpey? Where did the name come from?
And what was a Gossage, and why did it have that nickname?
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Post by turboNZ on Feb 12, 2006 21:21:03 GMT 12
Interesting stuff, Dave.
Well,..
The Wimpey - Wellington (dunno where it came from though)
The Maggie - Was it the Miles Magister ?
Cat - Catalina
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 12, 2006 21:39:47 GMT 12
Correct.
The Wellington was nicknamed after the cartoon and comic character J. Wellington Wimpy, from Popeye.
Now for the harder ones... anyone?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2006 17:17:27 GMT 12
Looks like no-one is going to attempt this so here the last answers are:
The Tinside was the nickname of the Martinside
And the Gossage was any barrage balloon, named after the man in charge of Balloon Command, Air Marshal Sir E. Leslie Gossage
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, and skipping those already named: