WWII Spitfire beer bombs

[hlminx 301]

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention..

http://aviationbuzzword.com/the-story-of-the-ultimate-high-flying-beer-run/

Love the way they used altitude to keep the beer cool..

[Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142]

Great find, Steph — thank you.   

 

A fascinating article! I have to wonder, though, how the M.o.D. would react if someone turned a Typhoon into a "flying pub".   <sigh>

 

And no doubt Elf and Safety would have something to say, too....    

 

Cheers,

 

bruce

a.k.a. brian747

[brett 2,303]

Great story, I never would have thought they did that and it was a treat to see the pic's.  Amazing how clever the aviators and their mechanics were and I give a salute to the officer who started it all.  

[J G 927]

I can just see the faces of the PBI* as the barrels of beer burst open when hitting the ground at great sped. Or could this have lead to the invention of parachute retarded bomb?

 

*Poor bloody Infantry.

[Captain Coffee 2,030]

I'm such a beer snob...I cringed when I read about them drinking gasoline tainted beer on the first runs before they figured out the cleaning/liners/parachute barrels/etc.

Kudos to the efforts though...everyone deserves a cold beer after a hard day of work...after a BLOODY HARD day of work, a Cold Keg would be MUCH appreciated dropping in.

[allardjd 1,853]

Love the way they used altitude to keep the beer cool.. 

 

 

I thought they preferred it un-chilled.

 

John

[J G 927]

Room temperature beer. I have a pint of porter at hand nice an warm.