WWII- The Battle Of Britain
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- Q1Which country was the main target of German air attacks during the Battle of Britain?Great BritainFranceGermanyItaly30s
- Q2Who came up with the Dowding System during the Battle of Britain?George DowdingCharles DowdingDavid DowdingHugh Dowding30s
- Q3What was the code name for the German plan to invade Great Britain during WWII?Operation DolphinOperation WhaleOperation Sea LionOperation Seal30s
- Q4What was the name given to the battles in the skies that took place between British and German forces?Air-fightsDogfightsCatfightsPlane-fights30s
- Q5What was the name of the fastest RAF aircraft?Luftwaffe 260 AircraftFighter Command 640 AircraftSupermarine SpitfireHawker Hurricane30s
- Q6True or False? The Supermarine Spitfire was more robust than the Hawker Hurricane?FalseTrue30s
- Q7Which RAF aircraft could go higher in the air?Hawker HurricaneSupermarine Spitfire30s
- Q8What was the average age of RAF pilots during the Battle of Britain?2021191830s
- Q9What was "sorties" a nickname for during the Battle of Britain?pilotsGermansmissionsplanes30s
- Q10Where were lots of people recruited from to be trained as RAF ground crew during the war?FranceUSARussiaThe Carribean30s
- Q11"Scramble" was a special code used to...Tell pilots to hideTell people to get into air raid sheltersTell pilots to get into their planes and into the airTell pilots to land30s
- Q12What does RADAR stand for?Radial Detecting and RespondingRadial Disguises and ReportingRadio Damaging and RangingRadio Detection and Ranging30s
- Q13Which gas were Barrage Balloons filled with during WWII?NitrogenOxygenHydrogenCarbon Dioxide30s
- Q14What was the job of Barrage Balloons?Make German bombers less accurateAll of the aboveForced bombers to fly higherTo form a barrier between German bombers and targets on the ground30s
- Q15When is Battle of Britain day celebrated in the UK?20th October5th September15th September10th July30s