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I think this is the answer everybody is looking for? a Ju 88 was shot down over Orkney by anti-aircraft fire in October 1939 JU 88 A-1 of KG30 code 4D EK shot down at Hoy Orkney Island by226 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery on the little island of Rysa on 17 October. Battery No 1 gun fired and its 4.5 inch shell blew the glazed nose clean off. The nose landed by the gun crew while the aircraft fell at the mouth of the Pegal Burn, Isle of Hoy. The German radio operator Fritz Ambrosius was badly burned but parachuted to safety while the captain Oberleutnant Flaemig and another crew member were killed. The aircraft was part of an attack of KG 30 from Westerland on ScapaFlow and they sunk the old Iron Duke that was serving as a depot ship. Luckily a tug got a line on her and beached her before she slid under the waves. 1 man was killed and 25 injured. Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Nice try Jase! That's a really interesting account of yet another incident I knew nothing of! Unfortunately, still not correct! I'm looking for the first German aircraft to be shot down by a British one. I just checked and this incident actually takes place 21 days after the answer! (Last hint: 26th September 1939) Many thanks for this one though Jase, that would make an interesting diorama with the nose of a Ju88 laying beside the gun position! Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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This quiz is meant to be fun lol
Can you just put onlookers out of their misery and move on with something that does not need a a degree in military history lol
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Skuas from Ark Royal shot down the first German plane of the war over the North Sea, a Dornier 18 flying boat. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Well done Chris! Absolutely right, it was a Blackburn Skua of 803 Squadron Fleet Air Arm operating from the Ark Royal which brought down a Dornier Do18 flying boat shown in all its glory on the box top of the old Frog Skua kit! Over to you! Robin Plymouth57 attached the following image(s): First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Hallelujah, well done Chris!
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I know nothing military so here goes. Seeing as though its 34 yrs this month the falklands war was going on. How many Sea Harriers were lost and how many were used? . Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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I think it is 56 in total 6 losses? May be wrong on this certainly used to know but things fall out of my head when new things go in these days and this could be one I have lost lol “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Tomick wrote:Hallelujah, well done Chris! 😂😂👍🏻 “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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The task force had 42 aircraft which comprised of 28 Sea Harriers and 14 Harrier GR.3's . The losses were as follows:- Sea Harrier:- 1,435 sorties,6 lost. Harrier GR.3. 126 sorties, 4 lost. So the total number of Sea Harriers lost was 6 but the total of aircraft lost was 10 Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Well done Andy. 👍👍👍 On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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The I.D.F Puma is based on an older tank and that one on another tank name them both Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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The centurian tank is its development base, no idea on the second part as i thought the centorian was all new thus this answere is not even half right i guess🙉🙈🙊 “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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The Centurian is correct as the base tank but what was the tank called in between the Centurian and the Puma Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Sho`t and Centurian is my answer Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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The Puma is Based on the hull of the Sho't which is based on the Centurion.
And it looks like Derek beat me to it!!!! lol
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Correct Derek and over to you:-} Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Thanks. Looking for the Christian and Surname of the person in this question. This man was a contempory of Robert Clive. He was born in North Yorkshire and joined the merchant navy as a teenager and later transferred to the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw service in the Seven Years War and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River. He travelled extensively in the southern oceans and almost reached Antarctica. Who was this naval man? Nice and easy, plenty of clues in the question. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Would that be James Cook?
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Told you it was easy. Correct Captain James Cook was born in 1728 and was originally apprenticed to a grocer/haberdasher when he was 16 years old. After 18 months his master decided he wasn't suitable to the trade and took him to Whitby and introduced him to a prominent Quaker ship owner. This was the start of his maritime career. In 1755, he transferred to the Royal Navy and within two years obtained his Master's Certificate. After the end of Seven Years Was Cook made three voyages, mainly around the southern oceans and the Pacific. It was on his third voyage that he died, in 1779, when involved in a battle with islanders on Hawaii. One of Cook's proteges achieved notoriety of his own. This was Cook's sailing master in 1787, one William Bligh. Your up Nemesis. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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