Aviation History - July 2018

FLIGHT TEST

70 AH MAy 2018

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

MYSTERY SHIP

Can you identify this

un-American airplane?

See the answer below.

HAP’S CHAPS

1. Who agreed with 1st Lt.
   Henry H. Arnold that a
   semi-autonomous air corps
   was premature in 1913?
   A. William Mitchell
   B. Benjamin Foulois
   C. Thomas DeWitt Milling
   D. Frank Lahm


2. Which of Arnold’s future
   senior officers flew fighter
   missions during World War I?
   A. Louis Brereton
   B. Ira C. Eaker
   C. Claire L. Chennault
   D. Carl A. Spaatz


3. Who did General Douglas
   MacArthur choose to
   command the Fifth Air
   Force in 1942?
   A. George C. Kenney
   B. James H. Doolittle
   C. Ira C. Eaker
   D. Curtis E. LeMay


4. Which air forces were
   commanded by Jimmy Doo-
   little during World War II?
   A. Eighth
   B. Twelfth
   C. Fifteenth
   D. All of the above


5. Which air force did Gen-
   eral Arnold originally intend
   to personally command?
   A. Eighth
   B. Fifteenth
   C. Twentieth
   D. None of the above

A. Consolidated Privateer

B. Avro Shackleton

C. Kawanishi H3K

D. Focke-Wulf Condor

E. Short Sunderland

F. Canadair Argus

G. Saunders-Roe London

H. Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod

I. Consolidated Catalina

J. Lockheed Orion

SEA

SNOOPERS

Match the maritime

reconnaissance plane

with the aircraft from

which it was derived.

1. Bristol Britannia


2. Saunders-Roe Severn


3. Avro Lincoln


4. Lockheed Electra


5. Short Rangoon


6. Consolidated Liberator


7. Consolidated P2Y


8. Focke-Wulf Kurier


9. Short S.23 Empire


10. de Havilland Comet
    . Learn more about it at HistoryNet.com/aviation-history Tokai Kyushu Q1W1 MYSTERY SHIP: ANSWERS:

1.A, 2.D, 3.A, 4.D, 5.B: HAP’S CHAPS A.6, B.3, C.5, D.8, E.9, F.1, G.2, H.10, I.7, J.4: SEA SNOOPERS

Consolidated

PBY-5 Catalina