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1. The Yokosuka MXY7 Okha, Japanese for 'cherry blossom', was what kind of kamikaze aircraft?
2. What was British engineer Barnes Wallis most famous for designing during WW2?
3. We have all heard of the Volkswagen, the 'people's car', but what was the Volksjäger?
4. Which elegant Italian twin-engined fighter-bomber has been referred to as 'the most remarkable failure of any operational aircraft to see service in World War II'?
5. What was peculiar, and as it turned out, unfortunate about the Bolton Paul Defiant?
6. Obsolete by the outbreak of war, this Polish fighter still managed to down more modern German aircraft in considerable numbers in the 1939 Campaign. What was its name?
7. This tubby US fighter was unpopular nearly everywhere it went, with one notable exception. What was its name?
8. The highest scoring female fighter pilot of all time, for now at least, is Lydia Vladimirovna 'Lily' Litvyak. On what model of aircraft did she get her twelve kills?
9. Its Russian nickname was 'rama' (frame) due to its twin boom shape. What was this German observation aircraft called
10. A slightly obscure one to finish; this Dutch daytime fighter was one of the last aircraft to be fitted with a fixed undercarriage, despite which it had a busy wartime service with two of its three users. What was it?
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