Trivia Contest #4 Balloon Busting Questions

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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
http://www.acepilots.com/wwi/balloon_68.jpg


3
http://www.allworldwars.com/image/035/Wingsofwar033.jpg


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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[Potenza]

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
http://www.acepilots.com/wwi/balloon_68.jpg


3
http://www.allworldwars.com/image/035/Wingsofwar033.jpg


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