WW2 Trivia
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@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.
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@nobodyssock said in WW2 Trivia:
How many Uboat servicemen out of 4 survived WWII?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4A.
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@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) 4A.
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.
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@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) 4A.
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...."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@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) 4A.
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.
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@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) 4A.
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
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Pig boats.
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@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.
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@Klaus said in WW2 Trivia:
@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.
Yeah, but "we wish you to enlist" has a slightly different tone than "I want to enlist," you must admit, LOL.
Especially when this guy was doing the "asking."
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Since we're talking WW2...Two things brought about the destruction of the Luftwaffe in the West...
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Doolittle took over the 8th Air Force. Upon taking command of the 8th, he changed the mission of fighter escort. Keeping the bombers safe, was given second priority. Destroying the Luftwaffe, in the air and on the ground, became the mission. Doolittle knew he had to establish air superiority, if not air supremacy, before the coming invasion in six months.
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The arrival of the P-51B with the Merlin and the Mustang's longer range. Initially P-38's and P-47's would take the first leg of a bombing mission with P-51's taking the last leg. Later P-51's took over the entire escort.
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