SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > Special Projects > Subsim Events & Activities > Sub Club
Forget password? Reset here

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-29-09, 10:59 AM   #46
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

Why is he flying it????
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-29-09, 02:40 PM   #47
gunter
Sub Club Alum
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 22
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

The tail number looks to be 124585 so that would be 41-24585 which was the first B-17 captured by the Germans. The DL-XC id would mean that it is being flown to find out what it can do. Then it was flown around to airbases to show German pilots where the weak point were.

Later it was transfered to KG200 and changed to A3-AE.
gunter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-09, 01:42 AM   #48
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

Otherwise known as B-17F-27-BO "Wulf Hound", late of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303d Bomb Group.

Kirk gets 1/2 a cookie, gunter gets the other half PLUS a glass of milk!

'NOTHER QUESTION:

The Fi 103, while fast, was not impervious to being brought down before reaching the designated target. What methods were used?
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-09, 02:17 PM   #49
Jester107th
Sailor man
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 49
Downloads: 3
Uploads: 0
Default

British intelligence used a "Double Cross System" to provide the Germans false information on trajectories so that they would not hit the cities. Allies also bombed the launch sites and employed proximity fuses on their aa guns to help hit the fast moving V-1s. The Allies also developed a fire control radar to counter the V-1s.
__________________
Jim Nowak
Jester107th is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-09, 07:52 PM   #50
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

You forgot this method:

By moving one's wingtip under the offending object's wingtip would cause the offending object to tip away, thus tumbling the gyro and causing said offending object to fall down and go boom. 150 Wing RAF was used specifically for this task, as machine gunning the offending object could produce rather disastrous results to one's own aircraft.

But I feel generous, Jester, so you get the whole cookie.

'NOTHER QUESTION:


What is this and for what purpose?
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-09, 08:22 PM   #51
Jester107th
Sailor man
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 49
Downloads: 3
Uploads: 0
Default

A dust mop! Now go clean your room!
__________________
Jim Nowak
Jester107th is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-09, 09:45 PM   #52
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

Dat ain't no stinkin' swab, ya gob! You call yourself a sailor???? Give them crackerjacks back! You don't deserve them.
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-09, 06:45 AM   #53
Jester107th
Sailor man
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 49
Downloads: 3
Uploads: 0
Default

hahahah....how about a gun barrel cleaner?
__________________
Jim Nowak
Jester107th is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-09, 12:45 PM   #54
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

Here's the pitch.... <SWISH> ... swing and a miss, STEEEERIKE TWO!

HINT: It's on the rigging.

Last edited by Capt Squid; 05-01-09 at 02:35 PM.
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-09, 09:56 AM   #55
gunter
Sub Club Alum
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 22
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Would that be a Dog Vane? If so it was placed on a mast to see which way the wind was a blowing.

Last edited by gunter; 05-02-09 at 11:16 AM.
gunter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-09, 02:14 PM   #56
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

No, not a dog vane.

This is a BAGGYWRINKLE, anti-chafing gear on the rigging to prevent the sail from being worn through by friction.

Good question, huh?

'NOTHER QUESTION:

During the buildup for D-Day, the amount of men and material in England was colossal. So much so, that it was joked that these were the only things keeping England from sinking into the sea. What were "these?" Pix, pls.
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-09, 03:42 PM   #57
Torplexed
Let's Sink Sumptin' !
 
Torplexed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,823
Downloads: 43
Uploads: 0


Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt Squid View Post
During the buildup for D-Day, the amount of men and material in England was colossal. So much so, that it was joked that these were the only things keeping England from sinking into the sea. What were "these?" Pix, pls.


Torplexed is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-09, 12:00 AM   #58
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

Pretty smug, aren't you, Torplexed??? Well, sir, here's yer cookie AND a glass of milk. You're pretty good at deciphering my questions.

By D-Day, about 3000 of those gasbags had been produced. A Barrage Balloon Battery was equipped with 45 balloons. The purpose was to deter low-level aircraft. Most were over England, although some were in use at Normandy. Germany used very few, but they did have effective counter-measures in effect. Even the doodle bugs weren't bothered by the balloons because cable cutters had been built into the wing's leading edges.

'NOTHER QUESTION:

Who/what is/was Pluto??? (Careful, there are multiple answers and I want the main ones!) (There are far too many minor ones.)

Last edited by Capt Squid; 05-03-09 at 12:58 PM.
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-05-09, 10:58 AM   #59
Jester107th
Sailor man
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 49
Downloads: 3
Uploads: 0
Default

The name of Squid's first stuffed animal??
__________________
Jim Nowak
Jester107th is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-05-09, 01:59 PM   #60
Capt Squid
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Patrol Depth at 3 knots
Posts: 115
Downloads: 29
Uploads: 0
Default

If only we could send you to a Marching Party, Jester.
Capt Squid is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:59 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2024 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.