the Yankee Doodle II Crashed off the end of the runway on New Years' Eve in 1942, when two drunk Lieutenants took off from Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides) to fly to Fiji for booze.

https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?1045655-Pacific-B-17-Base-1942

Never let a drunk behind the wheel. They simply will fuck something up and probably kill themselves.