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04-10-2007, 04:16 PM
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| I'd like to see a Lanc loaded with beer |
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04-10-2007, 05:02 PM
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04-10-2007, 05:07 PM
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| It was on or about 6-10 june 44 they were stationed in Normandy and bemoaned the fact they had no beer so they hooked up with a brewery or landlord at their local for the kegs and had the riggers weld bomb attchments to the kegs |
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04-10-2007, 05:56 PM
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| Doesn't seem to be much clearance in the shots with the landing gear. |
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04-10-2007, 08:02 PM
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| better hope there is no crosswind |
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04-10-2007, 11:09 PM
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04-11-2007, 06:12 AM
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04-11-2007, 08:19 AM
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04-11-2007, 08:33 AM
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04-11-2007, 09:15 AM
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04-13-2007, 01:12 PM
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| The pictures with the kegs of beer under the spitfire are in the book Spitfire the History. According the the caption this was a typical propaganda effort for the period. Micdrow
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04-13-2007, 02:45 PM
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| If you would like to build a model with kegs, I found a kegs...
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