Choice of Ammo load in F4U/F6F

[monteini]

Sorry Krusty, but I think I'll take the word of ASA, and people who were in the war,Geoffrey Wellum, Mr Edds dad, My grandfather, and many more, over you.

The machine guns of a P-51 Mustang were fed by ammunition belts that were 27 feet long. After a pilot emptied his guns on a target, he would say that he "gave 'em the whole nine yards"

here is where I recieved my information, One of the highest respected Aviation knowledge companies.

Test Pilot- 1,001 things you thought you knew about aviation. Berry Schiff .. Aviation supplies & Academics,. inc Newcastle, washington 2001

[Saxman]

The point is the publication is a recent one, so you don't know if the pilot is substituting a contemporary phrase. He REMEMBERS saying it, but that may be because it's something so ingrained in the culture now that it's worked its way into memory.

(Read a story not long ago about the infamous "Thunderbird Photo" where the same thing happened: The legend of it became so wide-spread and well-known that people began to remember--GENUINELY--having seen the pic in one magazine or other, even though it never REALLY existied).