Yet another WWII trivia question

[dcunning30]

Who was the leader of an occupied country whose name ended up being made synonymous with 'traitor'?

[Ijineda]

You must mean Vidkun Quisling, the nazi leader of norway.
->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quisling

[Hagar]

Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonss

[ATI_7500]

Who was the leader of an occupied country whose name ended up being made synonymous with 'traitor'?

Or Philipe P

[Hagar]

[quote]Or Philipe P

[Felix/FFDS]

I would think that Petain was more a man broken by circumstances, and the Pierre Laval was the traitor/ opportunist;  but I will admit to a certain shakiness in my knowledge of that part of history.

[dcunning30]

U guys are good!  I was looking for Quisling's name and I got P

[Hagar]

[quote]I would think that Petain was more a man broken by circumstances, and the Pierre Laval was the traitor/ opportunist;

[Felix/FFDS]

[quote]U guys are good!

[Hagar]

[quote]Now, a question like "What major US fighter had main landing gear so large that it had to telescope a few inches in order to fit into the wheel well?"

[ATI_7500]

"What major US fighter had main landing gear so large that it had to telescope a few inches in order to fit into the wheel well?"

I'd say either the P-40 or the F-4U, but that's just a good guess.

[dcunning30]

I'm going to guess,

I say it's the F4U Corsair.  Reason for my guess is I know the Corsair was built arount the largest radial engine the US had at the time, the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp.  In order to use all that power to it's max, they had to stick a very big prop on it, hense the inverted gull wing and (I'm guessing) extended undercarriage.

But then again, both the Corsair and the Hellcat had their landing gear retract backward which limits the amount of wing real-estate the wheels can retract in, and the Hellcat used the same engine.  The Corsair got help in clearing the prop from the inverted gull wing so it didn't have to have landing gear that long, but the Hellcat didn't have that help.  I change my mind.  I say it's the Hellcat.

.....but I'm guessing.

[Felix/FFDS]

The one I'm thinking could (and did) get catapulted off a carrier, but couldn't land on it ...  it was an Army plane.

[C]

Quisling

At a mention of that name, I was reminded of the film "The Silver Fleet". Well worth bringing out on DVD...

(The main character, a Dutch ship builder is accused of being a Quisling, amongst other things...)

[H]

[quote]U guys are good!  I was looking for Quisling's name and I got P