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World War 2 Aircraft Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which fighter was used by the Americans that escorted the B-17 bombing raids on Germany?






2. What was the Nazi's best fighter?






3. What was the Nazi's best Torpedo-bomber?






4. What was the Americans best Night-Fighter?






5. What was the American's primary soldier/cargo dropper (parachuting aircraft)






6. What was the 'best' level-bomber of WW2?






7. What was the Japanese's 2nd most well known fighter (it was also a kamikaze.






8. What was the Nazi's 1st most well known fighter?






9. What was the Americans most popular carrier-based bomber?






10. What was the Japanese's 2nd most well known fighter (it was also a kamikaze.






11. What was the American's Early-War primary dive-bomber?






12. What is the primary British fighter of WW2?






13. What is the British primary naval fighter aircraft?






14. What did the Japanese use as they're 'main' Dive bomber throughout the war?






15. What is - in my opinion - the worst aircraft of WW2?






16. Which fighter was used by the Americans that escorted the B-17 bombing raids on Germany?






17. What was the main Dive-Bomber the Germans used throughout the war?






18. What was the Russian's best fighter?






19. Which bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki?






20. What was Britain's most well-known carrier-based fighter?






21. What did the Japanese use as they're 'main' Dive bomber throughout the war?






22. What was the Italian's best fighter?






23. What was the Japanese's most popular late-war kamikaze?






24. What was the Japanese's most used late-war torpedo bomber?






25. What was the American's Early-War primary dive-bomber?






26. What was the American's first jet-fighter?






27. What was the Nazi's best fighter?






28. What was the Americans most popular carrier-based bomber?






29. What was the Soviet's most used fighter?






30. What was the Americans 'main' Carrier-Based torpedo bomber?






31. What bomber dropped the atomic bar on Hiroshima?






32. What was the Nazi's best Torpedo-bomber?






33. What was the Italian's best fighter?






34. What bomber dropped the atomic bar on Hiroshima?






35. What was the British primary fighter?






36. What was the best aircraft manufactured by SuperMarine?






37. What was the Nazi's 1st most well known fighter?






38. What was the 'best' level-bomber of WW2?






39. What fighter-plane was used by the Japanese in the Pacific mainly?






40. What fighter-plane was used by the Japanese in the Pacific mainly?






41. What was the main Dive-Bomber the Germans used throughout the war?






42. What was the American's primary soldier/cargo dropper (parachuting aircraft)






43. What was the American's first jet-fighter?






44. What was the Russian's best fighter?






45. What was the best aircraft manufactured by SuperMarine?






46. What was the British primary fighter?






47. What was the Japanese's most popular late-war kamikaze?






48. Which fighter-plane did the Americans use from the Air force to defend Pearl harbor?






49. Which fighter-plane did the Americans use from the Air force to defend Pearl harbor?






50. What was the Japanese's most used late-war torpedo bomber?