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    Trivia Contest #4 Balloon busters/busting

    Please do not post your answers in this thread. PM or e-mail them to: brian_hicks@usa.net (usmc1855)

    1. What is the name, nationality of the top balloon buster of WWI & how many balloons is he credited with shooting down?


    What are the names of the 2 balloons below.

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    4 What year and at what battle were Le Prieur rockets first used?

    5 What replaced Le Prieur rockets?

    6 What branch of service did the inventor of the Le Prieur rockets belong?

    7 What were observation balloons used to spot?

    8 How many kills was shooting a balloon down worth?

    9 By the end of the WWI how many German observation balloons were shot down?

    10 How did observation balloons communicate with the ground?

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    Trivia Contest #4 Balloon busters/busting

    Please do not post your answers in this thread. PM or e-mail them to: brian_hicks@usa.net (usmc1855)

    1. What is the name, nationality of the top balloon buster of WWI & how many balloons is he credited with shooting down?


    What are the names of the 2 balloons below.

    2



    3



    4 What year and at what battle were Le Prieur rockets first used?

    5 What replaced Le Prieur rockets?

    6 What branch of service did the inventor of the Le Prieur rockets belong?

    7 What were observation balloons used to spot?

    8 How many kills was shooting a balloon down worth?

    9 By the end of the WWI how many German observation balloons were shot down?

    10 How did observation balloons communicate with the ground?
    The answers were


    1 Willy Omer François Jean Coppens de Houthulst, Belgium. 35 balloons destoryed

    2 Drachen

    3 Caquot

    4 1916 Battle of Verdun

    5 Incendiary ammunition

    6 French navy

    7 spot enemy troop movements/troop positions and to call down artillery fire onto any worthy targets.

    8 1 same as shooting down a plane

    9 241

    10 wireless set



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