Spitfire Beer Haulers
Pierre Clostermann (Free French Air Force) captions a photo in his 'Le Grande Cirque' as follows:
A clandestine operation hyper forbidden! Robson brings us a replacement Spitfire from England. He took the trouble to fill one tank (new) with 70 gallons of an excellent beer which would be welcome in the dust of Longues [an ALG]! Moreover, it would be really cold as our Canadian would have had on the way the care of flying at 6000m where it is minus 20 degrees!
page 313 of the Flammarion 'J'ai Lu' edition published in 2001. Trans by Batco
Looking at the picture (with my very untrained eyes) it seem s that 2 x kegs are being emptied into a drop tank.
A votre santé!
Batco
A clandestine operation hyper forbidden! Robson brings us a replacement Spitfire from England. He took the trouble to fill one tank (new) with 70 gallons of an excellent beer which would be welcome in the dust of Longues [an ALG]! Moreover, it would be really cold as our Canadian would have had on the way the care of flying at 6000m where it is minus 20 degrees!
page 313 of the Flammarion 'J'ai Lu' edition published in 2001. Trans by Batco
Looking at the picture (with my very untrained eyes) it seem s that 2 x kegs are being emptied into a drop tank.
A votre santé!
Batco
Last edited by BATCO; 14th Apr 2016 at 14:46.
