History Trivia Quiz #1 Aircraft

Which aircraft is generally held to have won the day battle over Germany in World War 2?
a) The Mustang
b) The Spitfire
c) The Hawker Hurricane

CLUE 1 - It was a single seater long range (1000 miles) fighter.

CLUE 2 - The prototype was built from scratch in America in 120 days by NAA (North American Aviation) in 1940 for the RAF who were running out of planes during the Battle of Britain.

CLUE 3 - Initially it performed badly at high altitudes but when the engine was changed to a Merlin Rolls Royce engine, it could reach over 30,000 feet.

CLUE 4 - It was versatile - it could escort long-range bombers deep into enemy territory because it carried fuel in its wings and drop tanks, could engage in dogfights (6 machine guns) and could bomb from the air (2x 1000 lb bombs)

CLUE 5 - Chuck Yeager famously flew one of these

CLUE 6 - It made its name in long range escort duty, protecting heavy bombers from Luftwaffe raids, outmatching any attacking Fw190 or Bf109s.

CLUE 7 - It was used in the Korean War as a ground attack fighter.


Answer below.

ANSWER - The P-51DMustang