I fly with Beer, How About You?

[avionix]

Friendly Ordinance.

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"Friendly Ordinance" (Beer Run to Normandy) by Ronald Wong

Factory Fresh Spitfire Mk IXe's make their way to the forward airfields of Normandy carrying kegs of beer. The English brewery of Heneger and Constable donated fresh beer for the troops fighting in Normandy, and someone (Johnny Johnson himself? Maybe but probably some beer-lovin Canuck in his wing, like Buck McNair ;^) came up with the idea of strapping the beer kegs to the underwings of the Spitfires that were being shipped to the forward airfields. The troops loved the freshly delivered, cold beer, but as with all good things, the British Ministry of Revenue and Excise stepped in and notified the brewery that it was in violation of the law in that it was exporting beer without paying the taxes on it. And that was the end of that. Read a short, first-hand account by Lloyd Berryman about a beer run he was on, here
 

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Isn't that just like any government?  You do something nice for the boys in uniform and they put the kaybosh to it.

I like the looks of the those cigars earlier.  Wish the wife would let me smoke those in the house.

[oakranger]

I don't drink alcohol, never had and never will.  I have Hepatitis C

[Reaper90]

Beer, yagerbombs, and Soju but i dont normally fly when im drunk just like starting fights on 200

LOL, my little bro brought me a Soju t-shirt back from Korea when he was over there with the 3rd Ranger Bat training years ago. Funny stories about Soju... his recommendation was avoid it!!

[Lye-El]

but I've cut back recently because good beer is darn expensive the way I drink it!

Ahhh, so true. But I treat myself. Currently sipping on a Founders Dirty Bastard. I'm probably going to need a nap before I log on.........