SD Forum's Quizz of the Week Thread

[Jeff Head]

Tacit Blue, c'mon guys, that isn't so difficult.

That was the one before and has already been solved. We are working on this now:

Nationality, Manufacturer, Date introduced, Designation and function of this aircraft?

So yes for a hint

Okay, here's the first hint. It is Post World War I...by several years.

After another day or two, I will give another hint if someone cannot answer.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Second try: still britain, swordfish carrier torpedo bomber late thirties until late second world war.

 

[PanAsian]

A Stearman mail plane?

Scratch that, found it! US Vought O2U navy observation plane prototyped in 1926.

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[Jeff Head]

Second try: still britain, swordfish carrier torpedo bomber late thirties until late second world war.

Nope, TerraN_Empire not British at all.

A Stearman mail plane?

Scratch that, found it! US Vought O2U navy observation plane prototyped in 1926.

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That is correct Pan Asian. Congratulations!

This is the ORIGINAL Vought Corsair. The F4U of World War II was called the Corsair and that name stuck and is what the name is most remembered for. But the gull winged fighter (of which over 12,000 were made and which continued to serve through and after the Korean War) was actually the Corsair II. And that means of course, the very popular and successful A-7 Corsair II of the 1970-1990s would have actually been the Corsair III!

And now you know the rest of the story.

There were over 140 of these orginal Corsairs still in service when World War II broke out, though they had been modernized and were called the O3S-6 by that time. Here's a pic of the last variants used.

These were the pre-cursor to the famous Vought O2SU Kingfisher float planes used by the US Navy throughout World War II:

So, good work Pan Asian!

It is now your turn.

 

[kwaigonegin]

Tacit Blue, c'mon guys, that isn't so difficult.

We were refering to the biplane.. I have to admit that one is too hard.. I know biplanes but I don't know that one LOL

 

[Jeff Head]

We were refering to the biplane.. I have to admit that one is too hard.. I know biplanes but I don't know that one LOL

Pan Asian got it. See my earlier post to him (just before your post) when he got it. It is the O2U Coursair Scout/Observation plane by Vought for the US Navy. Flew first in 1926 and was used by the US Navy through the outset of World War II.

Pan Asian...it is your turn.

 

[PanAsian]

In the spirit of logistics, what weapon project was this truck specially designed and manufactured to help out with?


Clues to come each day if no one's got it yet.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

The era and nationality are a given USA is clear as day on the door. The shape and colors scream US army late 1930's to early 1950's

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Sorry I cant seen to edit with my phone.
I am going to guess alaska read project second world war

 

[Jeff Head]

In the spirit of logistics, what weapon project was this truck specially designed and manufactured to help out with?
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Clues to come each day if no one's got it yet.

This was a Ford, Twin Engine, Cab-over-Engine (COE) truck designed specifically to haul B-24 Liberator bomber parts for the World War II effort. Henry Ford was asked specifically to design trucks, including special one like this, for the war effort.

Here's some other pics of these trucks from the war years:

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Here's a great article about it:

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