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The Beer Spitfire

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Gregory Paul

Charter Member
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had to be a very close contender for best fighter aircraft of WWII.<o:p></o:p>​


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His unit was stationed in France shortly after D-Day. He had some reason to<o:p></o:p>​


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the wings of his Spitfire. When he came down from altitude, his "cargo" was chilled<o:p></o:p>​


to just the right temperature for a hot June afternoon.<o:p></o:p>​


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Needless to say, his aircraft received some of the best servicing work<o:p></o:p>​


from grateful ground crews.<o:p></o:p>​
 
That....is....AWESOME!!!!!
:ernae::ernae::ernae:
We soooooo need one of these for our Esteemed Sim.
 
Henry said:
must have been a relative!
H:guinness:
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H'in't you ever seen those pics before Henry?

I read a story about one pilot who decided to tranport some whiskey in his gun bays.

When he landed the ground crew were so on the ball, they rushed out to re-arm the aircraft, opened the quick release doors on the underside of the wings and promptly smashed his precious load as it fell to the ground!:monkies:
 
haha, that's awesome!

I saw a similar thing in a magazine, except it was a toilet, and they actually dropped it on the enemy's position during Vietnam! too funny

-feng
 
Neccessity is the mother of invention. :d He's lucky he wasn't jumped by some "thirsty" 109 or 190, or he would have lost his precious cargo. ;) And think of the drag from thos 2 kegs...ouch.
 
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