The Full Wiki



More info on Operation Tidal Wave

Operation Tidal Wave: Quiz
  
  
  

Did you know ...


More interesting facts on Operation Tidal Wave

Include this on your site/blog:
Question 1:
  • ________ (Heavy) (Flying Eight Balls), Col.
    93d Operations Group44th Operations Group92d Operations Group351st Operations Group

Question 2: For their leadership and heroism, both were awarded the ________.
Commendation MedalAwards and decorations of the United States militaryAchievement MedalMedal of Honor

Question 3: The minimal air defenses encountered during the HALPRO raid contributed to the decision to use a daylight, low-level attack in order to counter the German ________ coverage.
Weather radarX bandUltra high frequencyRadar

Question 4: ________ of the 44th Bomb Group made their prescribed turn at Floresti and proceeded to their respective targets at the Asta Romana and Columbia Aquila refineries.
Eighth Air ForceLeon W. JohnsonHoyt Vandenberg15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force

Question 5: The 9th Air Force (98th and ________) was responsible for the overall conduct of the raid, and the partially formed 8th Air Force provided three additional bomb groups (44th, 93rd, and 389th).
12th Operations Group98th Operations Group376th Air Expeditionary Wing340th Flying Training Group

Question 6: Addison Baker's 93rd Bomb Group on a course for ________.
RomeBucharestBratislavaBelgrade

Question 7: Early on the morning of 1 August 1943 the five groups comprising the strike force began lifting off from their home air fields around ________.
BenghaziAl Butnan DistrictLibyaTripoli

Question 8: The ________ to be used were re-equipped with bomb bay fuel tanks to increase their fuel capacity to 3,100 gallons.
B-25 MitchellB-24 LiberatorB-29 SuperfortressT-6 Texan

Question 9: Some were diverted (e.g., to the RAF airfield on ________[2]:196), and one B-24 with 365 shell holes in it landed in Libya 14 hours after departing.
MaldivesTurkeyCyprusMalta

Question 10: [2]:222 Losses included 44 to air defenses and additional B-24s that ditched in the ________ or were interned (e.g., a few landed in the neutral country Turkey).
Atlantic OceanMediterranean SeaIndian OceanPacific Ocean
















Got something to say? Make a comment.
Your name
Your email address
Message
Please enter the solution to case below
12+12=