Statistics for Military Aircraft of World War II

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Credited with winning the Battle of Britain	Supermarine Spitfire	91%
Used to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	88%
Widely used Allied bomber escort over Western Europe	North American P-51 Mustang	77%
Fighter also used in the defense of Britain	Hawker Hurricane	76%
Most widely produced fighter in Nazi Germany	Messerschmitt Bf 109	69%
American Twin-Engine, heavy escort fighter	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	68%
Nicknamed the " Bent-wing Bird "	Vought F4U Corsair	59%
Used in Operation Overlord for paratroopers	Douglas DC-3	53%
The Flying Tigers	Curtiss P-40 Warhawk	52%
German bomber known for it's " Greenhouse Nose "	Heinkel He 111	48%
Designed by the US as a nighttime fighter	Northrop P-61 Black Widow	43%
US Navy and Marine Corps torpedo bomber used in the Pacific Theater	Grumman TBF Avenger	42%
Over 100 of these torpedo bombers assisted in the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor	Nakajima B5N Kate	32%
Considered the most important Russian single-seat fighter of the war	Yakolev Yak-9	32%
Nicknamed the Italian " Thunderbolt "	Macchi C.202	10%