Statistics for Hard WW2 questions for the discerning historian - Aircraft

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Other British fighter aircraft used during the Battle of Britain and Operation Dynamo	Hawker Hurricane	84%
G variant of this American heavy bomber had a remotely operated "Chin Turret"	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	81%
Fighter used by Luftwaffe ace Werner Mölders during the Battle of Britain	Messerschmitt Bf 109	81%
Japanese carrier-based fighter - Codenamed "Zeke"	Mitsubishi A6M Zero	81%
World's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft	Messerschmitt Me 262	79%
British heavy bomber, piloted by WGCDR G.Gibson VC, that attacked the Mohne Dam during Operation Chastise	Avro Lancaster	78%
German dive bomber and ground attack aircraft used by Hans-Ulrich Rudel	Junkers Ju 87 Stuka	78%
Fighter used by the "Tuskegee Airmen" of the 332nd Figther Group (Red Tails)	North American P-51 Mustang	77%
British "Wooden wonder" fighter-bomber used in the Amiens prison raid (Operation Jericho)	de Havilland Mosquito	70%
American fighter nicknamed the "Jug" and piloted by Lt.Col "Gabby" Gabreski	Republic P-47 Thunderbolt	68%
Russian ground attack aircraft nicknamed the "Flying Tank"	Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik	60%
American transport aircraft used to drop paratroopers during the invasion of Normandy	Douglas C-47 Skytrain	57%
German twin engined medium bomber used during the Battle of Britain; could also be fitted with Schräge Musik night fighter armament	Junkers Ju 88	57%
American heavy bomber that featured two large oval vertical stabilizers and a tricycle landing gear	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	56%
American fighter used in Operation Vengence to "get Yamamoto"	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	54%
British flying boat that had the nickname "Fliegendes Stachelschwein" (Flying Porcupine) due to its defensive armament	Short Sunderland	52%
British fighter designed by R.J. Mitchell	Supermarine Spitfire	43%
Japanese medium bomber involved in the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse	Mitsubishi G4M Betty	39%
British glider used to insert paratroops at Pegasus Bridge and Operation Market Garden	Airspeed Horsa	30%
British carrier aircraft that attacked KMS Bismark, jamming its port rudder	Fairey Swordfish	27%
German liason aircraft used by Hanna Reitsch to fly into Berlin in the closing days of the war	Fieseler Fi 156 Stork	27%
Most numerous German medium bomber that served in the Kondor Legion and the Battle of Britain	Heinkel He 111	26%
Japanese carrier-based bomber - Codenamed "Val"	Aichi D3A	10%
American carrier-based bomber used by VT-8 (Torpedo 8) during the Battle of Midway	Douglas TBD Devastator	10%
American fighter with an inverted "Gull Wing" design flown by VMF-214 "Black sheep" squadron	Vought F4U Corair	4%