What type of plane did Louie’s crew originally fly?
B-24 Liberator
What percent chance did an airman have of surviving the war?
50%
What happened in Funafuti?
There was a surprise attack by the Japanese
Something that is meant to be a trick
ruse
A domelike structure on which guns are mounted; the structure can revolve horizontally
turret
What happened to the Green Hornet?
it crashed into the Pacific Ocean
What was the name of the fearsome Japanese plane?
The Zero
This type of Japanese bomber, the _________________, had a fearsome reputation.
Zero bomber
Pillsbury sat in the __________ manning the machine guns amidst gunfire.
turret
What made survival at sea especially difficult?
the sharks
Japan attacked this U.S. airbase soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Wake Atoll
This instrument can measure the latitude and longitude of the sea.
sextant
To get ___________ readings, one navigator had to stand on a table and dangle out of the roof hatch while a crewman held his legs so he wouldn’t be sucked out.
sextant
What did Louie’s crew nickname their original airplane?
Super Man
TRUE or FALSE The WWII airplanes were generally pretty safe for crewmen.
FALSE
The central structure of an airplane to which the wings and engines are attached
fuselage
This attack was notorious for the way the Japanese soldiers viciously treated Chinese citizens and prisoners of war.
**** of Nanking
In what plane did Phil and Louie not want to fly?
The Green Hornet
Even though the wing was ripped from the plane, the central ____________ was still intact.
fuselage
Wooden airplanes were meant to be a _____________ and look like real airplanes from the air.
ruse
Which battle devastated the Super Man?
The Battle of Nauru
To touch or join at the border or edge of something
abut
TRUE or FALSE All the crewmembers of the Green Hornet survived the crash
FALSE
Back in Hawaii, Phil and Louie were asked to go on what type of mission?
Search and rescue mission
To light up
illuminate
Historians estimate that the Japanese murdered between 200,000 and 430,000 Chinese, including the 90,000 POWs, in what became known as the _______________.
**** of Nanking
Searchlights swung about, their beams reflecting off the clouds and back onto the ground, ____________ scores of Japanese in their sleeping clothes, sprinting in confusion.
illuminating
A sorrowful expression
plaintive
Another nickname for the B-24 bomber airplane was "The Flying _________"
coffin
What was Louie’s first successful mission?
The bombing of the Japanese base at Wake Atoll
Equipment used to arm a military
armaments
A ground search for military information
reconnaissance
A shell, bomb, or grenade that contains a substance that burns with intense heat
incendiary
What was Louie’s crew pilot’s name?
Phil
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