"Wartime propaganda depicted Spitfire pilots as ginger, beer swilling types.
Whilst checking my facts about Sgt (as he was then) 'Ginger' Lacey DFM and bar I noticed this quote which may have proved the propaganda as accurate.
"I'd rather fight in a Spitfire but fly in a Hurricane," said
Ginger Lacey. As he raised his glass of ale, quaffed the foam off the top.