Skin: JE-J "JR", Spit Mk IX... BEER RUN!

[Furball]

Nope, Spitfires and RAF pilots using DTs. I've seen a pic or two in some books I've read. They took chalk and wrote "X X X" on the tank and were filling it from the gas cap with beer.

I haven't heard much about F4U pilots doing the same thing. Definitely possible.

They used to store beer (or was it to make ice cream?) in the ammo bays, fly up to 10,000 feet or so, come back down and enjoy.

[jocko-]

Didn't even think to look in the XVI folder!

It's not that the beer was delivered this way, they could do that just as easily by ground. It's that it was chilled to a frosty temperature by flying at high altitudes, perfect for drinknig.

While this was a great fringe benefit for those from N. America I think the folks from the UK were still drinking their beer at no colder than 'cellar' temperature in the forties.  Personally I like the idea of direct delivery, cuts out all the supply middle men who might see the odd barrel 'misplaced' in transit...

[Furball]

Didn't even think to look in the XVI folder!

While this was a great fringe benefit for those from N. America I think the folks from the UK were still drinking their beer at no colder than 'cellar' temperature in the forties.  Personally I like the idea of direct delivery, cuts out all the supply middle men who might see the odd barrel 'misplaced' in transit...

LOL i did'nt even think of that.  He has made a solid argument there.  The ales they were delivering are drunk at room temperature. 

[Kev367th]

There was another lot running beer around in Spits -

127sqn which was part of the Norweigan 132 wing used Spitfire 'torpedo' drop tanks to ferry beer.

In the book "Spitfire - Story of a famous fighter" is a pic of Mk IX 9N-Y showing them filling them, possibly staged though.

[Guppy35]

There was another lot running beer around in Spits -

127sqn which was part of the Norweigan 132 wing used Spitfire 'torpedo' drop tanks to ferry beer.

In the book "Spitfire - Story of a famous fighter" is a pic of Mk IX 9N-Y showing them filling them, possibly staged though.

Funny how that works



They've got nothing on the 38 pilots though.  An 80th Headhunter pilot, Leland Blair figured out how to get 58 bottles of Scotch into the various compartments on his 38.  He clearly believed in more bang for your buck

[Kev367th]

Funny how that works

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They've got nothing on the 38 pilots though.  An 80th Headhunter pilot, Leland Blair figured out how to get 58 bottles of Scotch into the various compartments on his 38.  He clearly believed in more bang for your buck

Knew you would have it .

Looks like another LF IXe to me.

[jocko-]

I think it's a C wing.  Isn't that a capped cannon stub outboard of the port Hispano? Looks like they painted it as a continuation of the white stripe.

[jocko-]

Add the beer barrells to the wishlist.  It would either increase or decrease time that troops are down at a field.  I'm willing to bet it would decrease but that would defeat the purpose.

You know, you bring up a valid point.  This is sort of tongue in cheek but we could have the barrels added as a resupply option/'armament' choice for the Spit - think about it,  boosts morale for the erks at the airbases and might decrease rebuild times.  You'd have to land them safely at the field in question, dropping the barrels would only disappoint them further. AH2 could be the first game to feature this idea, stranger things have happened (laser sharks? foo fighters?)...

Laugh all you want, this could be cool.