The SCR-270 (Signal Corps Radio model 270) was one of the first operational early warning radars. It was the U.S. Army’s primary long-distance radar throughout World War II and was deployed around the world. It is also known as the Pearl Harbor Radar, since it was a SCR-270 set that detected the incoming raid about half an hour before the attack commenced.
The initial radar contact with the Japanese strike force was reported but dismissed by the operators’ superiors in the belief they had detected an inbound flight of new B-17s from the States.
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s. The prototype B-17, designated Boeing Model 299, first flewon 28 July 1935 with Boeing chief test-pilot Leslie Tower at the controls.In World War II, the B-17 dropped more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft.As of September 2011, 13 airframes remain airworthy, with dozens more in storage or on static display.
Jerry Lewis starred in the 1965 comedy Boeing Boeing with Tony Curtis; Curtis was given the role after Paramount Studios tried unsuccessfully to get Dean Martin to reunite with Lewis.
The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War.During World War II, a few of Martin’s most successful designs were the B-26 Marauder and A-22 Maryland bombers, the PBM Mariner and JRM Mars flying boats.
The Martin B-26 Marauder was known as “The Widow Maker” due to its dangerously high wing loading and landing speed.
The Douglas B-26 Invader is one of the most beautiful looking light bombers.
The World War 2-era superhero team known as the Invaders included Captain America and Bucky, the Human Torch and Toro, the Sub-Mariner, Spitfire and Union Jack.
The original Human Torch was not human. He was an android.
The Spitfire is one of the most beautiful looking fighter planes.
Despite popular belief, not all members of The Tuskegee Airmen were pilots. The squad was self-sufficent, with kitchen personnel, radio operators, and all types of servicemen. And despite popular belief, #2, there were other black servicemen in World War II, fighting both on land and sea.
The Tuskegee Airmen were commanded by Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first Negro graduate of West Point and son of the US Army’s first Negro general. He was shunned by his fellow cadets for his entire four years there, in the hope of inducing his resignation, but actually only hardening his resolve. At the time of his commissioning, he and his father were the Army’s only two Negro line officers.
Opinion, not “trivia dominoes”…?
Benedict Arnold was commanding officer of the U.S. Army’s West Point garrison at the time of his betrayal of the U.S. and hasty departure, appropriately enough, aboard HMS Vulture.
Not opinion, but based on the TV Show “Great Planes” hosted by Paul “Max” Moga, as well as other resources out there, especially on the Spitfire being ranked second behind the North American P-51 Mustang. I just happen to agree.
Back to the game…
Arnold, the traitor, was going to give up West Point!
During World War II, the word quisling became a synonym for traitor.Vidkun Quislingwas a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d’état. After World War IIQuisling was put on trial during the legal purge in Norway and found guilty of charges including embezzlement, murder and high treason. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945.
Most Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in Stockholm, since Alfred Nobel was a Swede. The Peace Prize, however, is presented in Oslo, Norway.
MAD Magazines mascot, Alfred E. Neuman was named for film composer Alfred Newman – the uncle of Randy Newman.
King Alfred is the only English king known as “the Great” for his ability in fighting the Danish invaders.
The last English player to win a singles title at Wimbledon was Virginia Wade. No English male has won a Wimbledon singles title since Fred Perry in 1936.
The first Supermarine Spitfire (prototype no. K5054), designed by Reginald Mitchell (played by Leslie Howard in the movie Spitfire), made its maiden flight on 5 March 1936. Ironically, Howard would be killed in June 1943 while flying a Spitfire.