WW2 Trivia

[George K]

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

Paul Tibbets?

Correct.

Wow. The beginning and the end, eh?

(McGovern flew B24s, btw)

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

It was a guess. George had guessed McGovern or I probably would have myself.

We can make it harder...What was the name of the B-17?

[89th]

Paul Warfield Tibbets. Now that’s a badass middle name.

[89th]

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

It was a guess. George had guessed McGovern or I probably would have myself.

We can make it harder...What was the name of the B-17?

Enola Bi?

[A Former User]

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

It was a guess. George had guessed McGovern or I probably would have myself.

We can make it harder...What was the name of the B-17?

Flying Fortress.

[George K]

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

It was a guess. George had guessed McGovern or I probably would have myself.

We can make it harder...What was the name of the B-17?

Google reveals it, of course.

But that, as well as the name of his regular plane were both (as 89th says) "badass."

[A Former User]

How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

[Jolly]

@89th said in WW2 Trivia:

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

It was a guess. George had guessed McGovern or I probably would have myself.

We can make it harder...What was the name of the B-17?

Enola Bi?

Nope.

Tibet's plane was Red Gremlin, but that's not the plane he flew on the mission, nor did he fly with his regular crew. He flew another B-17 and was not given publicity for the mission at the time.

[89th]

Kidding, obv. Yeah I know the name but only via wiki.

[Jolly]

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@89th said in WW2 Trivia:

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@jon-nyc said in WW2 Trivia:

It was a guess. George had guessed McGovern or I probably would have myself.

We can make it harder...What was the name of the B-17?

Enola Bi?

Nope.

Tibet's plane was Red Gremlin, but that's not the plane he flew on the mission, nor did he fly with his regular crew. He flew another B-17 and was not given publicity for the mission at the time.

The plane Tibbets flew was Butcher Shop.

[Jolly]

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

A.

[A Former User]

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

A.

Correct. Which translates to me that 3 out of 4 subs never saw the surface again. Much respect for any sailor who opted for this type of service.

[Copper]

I took GK's picture standing next to Clonel Tibbets' airplane.

At least I think I probably did, I've taken a lot of peoples' picture there. They all kind of blend together after a while. Maybe D4 took it, or maybe she was in it too.

[George K]

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

A.

Correct. Which translates to me that 3 out of 4 subs never saw the surface again. Much respect for any sailor who opted for this type of service.

That's really an amazing statistic.

"Hans, we wish you to enlist in our U-Boat fleet. There's a 75% chance that you will not survive. Sign here...."

[A Former User]

@George-K said in WW2 Trivia:

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

A.

Correct. Which translates to me that 3 out of 4 subs never saw the surface again. Much respect for any sailor who opted for this type of service.

That's really an amazing statistic.

"Hans, we wish you to enlist in our U-Boat fleet. There's a 75% chance that you will not survive. Sign here...."

Uboats of WW2 era were primarily surface ships. They only went under to flee or kill. They made much better time up top.

[89th]

[A Former User]

@89th said in WW2 Trivia:

"what are you doing"

"i'm coming up for air"

"why? get back to work"

[taiwan_girl]

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

@George-K said in WW2 Trivia:

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:

@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:

How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

A.

Correct. Which translates to me that 3 out of 4 subs never saw the surface again. Much respect for any sailor who opted for this type of service.

That's really an amazing statistic.

"Hans, we wish you to enlist in our U-Boat fleet. There's a 75% chance that you will not survive. Sign here...."

Uboats of WW2 era were primarily surface ships. They only went under to flee or kill. They made much better time up top.

I just finish the book "Dead Wake" about the sinking of the ship Lusitania in World War 1. It talks about german subarmaines in World War 1, and I started looking at more information on those boats in World War 1.

I think the survival rate was just as bad there.

The conditions during a voyage were pretty bad. One pair of clothes, one bathroom, no showers or baths, diesel fumes everywhere, dripping walls of water because high humidity when it was closed, moldy food, etc etc. Yuck

[Jolly]

Pig boats.

[Klaus]

@George-K said in WW2 Trivia:

Hans, we wish you to enlist in our U-Boat fleet. There's a 75% chance that you will not survive. Sign here...."

Obviously that data wasn't public. Also, soldiers didn't "enlist". They were assigned.

In '39 and '40 the U boats were quite successful. It went downhill from '41.