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[2LaneCruzer]

This Russian fighter plane held its own with German fighters; touted as Russia's best and one of the top 10 fighter planes of WWII, a number of these planes were reproduced in the 1990's in the original factory. What was it?

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

This Russian fighter plane held its own with German fighters; touted as Russia's best and one of the top 10 fighter planes of WWII, a number of these planes were reproduced in the 1990's in the original factory. What was it?

Yak-9?

 

[k0ua]

Correct. I believe He was a Sargent at the time but don't know how he ended up.

Dead. Shot in the head at a young age.

 

[turnkey4099]

Yak-9?

I was going to guess Stormovik but that was a ground attack type.

Harry K

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Yak-9?

All right except it wasn't the 9.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Duplicate

 

[2LaneCruzer]

In 1943, a stunt involving 4 B-17's Flying Fortresses occurred during a public event in NY City. This stunt angered Mayor Laguardia such that he complained in the press that the pilots should be disciplined. The pilots were reprimanded and fined $75. What was this event and where in NYC did it occur?

No takers? The event was the 1943 3rd game of the World Series between the Cardinals and the Yankees, at Yankee Stadium. The stunt was a flight of 4 B-17s that took a detour and buzzed the ball game.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

All right except it wasn't the 9.

Ahhh, Yak-3 then!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Ahhh, Yak-3 then!

Yepper!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Most everyone knows that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan on August 6, 1945. The Uranium bomb was dubbed "Little Boy" and was dropped from a B-29 named the Enola Gay. The second bomb was dropped 3 days later on Nagasaki. What was the name given to this bomb, how was it different from the first and what was the name of the airplane that dropped it?