AVIA 245 FINAL LIBERTY SET 1 REVIEW STUDY
SHEET 2026 ACCURATE RESPONSES FULL
SOLUTION
◉ What distinguished the Tuskegee Airmen and the Soviet
airwomen of World War II? Answer: First African American pilots,
were the only women who were assighned to regular combat duties
during World War II.
◉ How did aircraft support combat in African deserts, on
Mediterranean shores, and on Germany's Eastern Front? Answer:
Africa - by attacking supply depots and airfields with lots of
bombing
Mediterranean - overpowering air presence, fighter squadron of
Tuskegee Airmen escorted bombers to Sicily, dropped airborne
troops at night and provided air support
Germany - Aircraft attacked tank armor and dive bombers fired
cannon guns against soviet tanks
◉ What were the two German vengeance weapons and how effective
were they? Answer: V-1 Flying bomb , or cruise missile, over 2,000
penetrated Britain's defense and caused over 10,000 casualties
V-2 Long-Range ballistic or guided missile, over 1,000 launched
toward London and about half reached the English city and caused
an additional 10,000 casualties
, ◉ How did naval aircraft fight the war in the Pacific? Answer: They
used aircraft carriers to launch fighter planes and bombers. They
used torpedo bombers and dive bombers and fighter planes. The
fighter planes for close support of the ship and defend bombers on
raids. They would attack japan with low flying B-29s at night
◉ What aircraft attacked Japan, and what effect did these raids have
on the war in the Pacific? Answer: B-25 and was an assault on
Japanese morale, B-29 caused physical destruction with the fire
bombing and the atomic bomb caused Japan to surrender a few days
after.
◉ What is the meaning of Divine Wind? What affect did this have on
the war? Answer: Kamikaze - missions that were a last resort that
sent pilots in aircraft heavily loaded with explosives on suicide
missions against Allied targets. Japan flew 2,550 Kamikaze missions
and only scored 475 hits and sank 45 ships. It was also costly for
Japan and could not sustain it
◉ What was the Cold War? What countries were involved in the Cold
War? Answer: It Was a rivalry of two superpowers - the United
States and the USSR
SHEET 2026 ACCURATE RESPONSES FULL
SOLUTION
◉ What distinguished the Tuskegee Airmen and the Soviet
airwomen of World War II? Answer: First African American pilots,
were the only women who were assighned to regular combat duties
during World War II.
◉ How did aircraft support combat in African deserts, on
Mediterranean shores, and on Germany's Eastern Front? Answer:
Africa - by attacking supply depots and airfields with lots of
bombing
Mediterranean - overpowering air presence, fighter squadron of
Tuskegee Airmen escorted bombers to Sicily, dropped airborne
troops at night and provided air support
Germany - Aircraft attacked tank armor and dive bombers fired
cannon guns against soviet tanks
◉ What were the two German vengeance weapons and how effective
were they? Answer: V-1 Flying bomb , or cruise missile, over 2,000
penetrated Britain's defense and caused over 10,000 casualties
V-2 Long-Range ballistic or guided missile, over 1,000 launched
toward London and about half reached the English city and caused
an additional 10,000 casualties
, ◉ How did naval aircraft fight the war in the Pacific? Answer: They
used aircraft carriers to launch fighter planes and bombers. They
used torpedo bombers and dive bombers and fighter planes. The
fighter planes for close support of the ship and defend bombers on
raids. They would attack japan with low flying B-29s at night
◉ What aircraft attacked Japan, and what effect did these raids have
on the war in the Pacific? Answer: B-25 and was an assault on
Japanese morale, B-29 caused physical destruction with the fire
bombing and the atomic bomb caused Japan to surrender a few days
after.
◉ What is the meaning of Divine Wind? What affect did this have on
the war? Answer: Kamikaze - missions that were a last resort that
sent pilots in aircraft heavily loaded with explosives on suicide
missions against Allied targets. Japan flew 2,550 Kamikaze missions
and only scored 475 hits and sank 45 ships. It was also costly for
Japan and could not sustain it
◉ What was the Cold War? What countries were involved in the Cold
War? Answer: It Was a rivalry of two superpowers - the United
States and the USSR
