Thursday, June 06, 2019

A salute to those that were in the allied forces military, and medical, and civil defense... may their beer be cold, their friendships last a lifetime, and the world never have a WW3


you probably recognize this, a spitfire with a couple barrels of beer going for cold high altitude above a base to make the beer cold, before dropping down to deliver in time for supper.


https://hogyantortent.com/napi_erdekes_20_kep_401/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-beer-barrel-bombers-keg-carrying-spitfires-brought.html

4 comments:

  1. Bomb units often took beer up to altitude to chill it down to make for some pleasant drinking.

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    1. darn right, I posted about a B25 in Africa during WW2 that was in the repair status, but was being used to fly beer into the cold high altitude for the guys on the base

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    2. https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/07/everyone-has-story-some-are-found-in.html

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