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"Its a plane..."
What's his name?
When?
Where?
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The German Air Force.
What is the "Luftwaffe?"
100
Also known as the "Flying Fortress."
What is the B-17?
100
Chancellor of Germany during WW II?
Who is Adolph Hitler?
100
The year in which WW II ended.
What is 1945?
100
Pearl Harbor is in this state.
What is Hawaii?
200
The mass murder by the Nazis of some six million Jews and other minority groups, mostly in death camps.
What is the "Holocaust?"
200
The best known air transport during WW II.
What is the C-47 Skytrain?
200
The only air commander to achieve 5-star general rank and also the commanding general of the US Army Air Forces in WW II.
Who is Gen Henry "Hap" Arnold?
200
The date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is December 7, 1941?
200
The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on this country to end World War II.
What is Japan?
300
Literally, "Lightning War."
What is "Blitzkrieg?"
300
The nickname for the North American P-51 aircraft - famous for escorting bomber formations on bombing runs to Germany.
What is the "Mustang?"
300
The First Chief of Staff of the Air Force (and a commander of US Strategic Air Forces in Europe).
Who is Gen Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz?
300
The year the United States Air Force became a separate service?
What is 1947?
300
Britain, France, the US, the Soviet Union, and China.
What are "the Allies?"
400
"Designed to strike at the sources of an enemy's military, economic, or political power."
What is "strategic?"
400
The long-range bomber of the Pacific theater - bigger than the B-17 and B-24 - designed for bombing runs over Japan.
What is the B-29 Superfortress?
400
Fascist leader of Italy during WW II.
Who Benito Mussolini?
400
The date of the D-Day allied invasion of Normandy.
What is June 6, 1944?
400
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
What are "the Axis Powers?"
500
"Involves military operations that are smaller, closer to base, and of less long-term significance than strategic operations."
What is "tactical?"
500
The medium bomber used by Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle in the 1942 Tokyo raid.
What is the B-25 Mitchell bomber?
500
Commander of 12th and 9th Fighter Commands, first commander of the Tactical Air Command and first director of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Who is Lt Gen Pete Quesada?
500
The year of the German invasion of Poland.
What is 1939?
500
Normandy - where the D-Day invasion took place - is in this country.
What is "France?"