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04-10-2007, 05:16 PM
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04-10-2007, 06:02 PM
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04-10-2007, 06:07 PM
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Country:  | 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, 06:56 PM
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04-10-2007, 09:02 PM
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04-11-2007, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot  better hope there is no crosswind | "Mommy, how did Daddy die? Was he a hero? Did the Germans get him?
"Well son, your father was on a very important mission to deliver vital, secret supplies. He augered in on landing in a french airfield but he died a hero."
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04-11-2007, 07:12 AM
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Aussie Ace Clive Caldwell was even court martialled for it!
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04-11-2007, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by comiso90 "Mommy, how did Daddy die? Was he a hero? Did the Germans get him?
"Well son, your father was on a very important mission to deliver vital, secret supplies. He augered in on landing in a french airfield but he died a hero." | 
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04-11-2007, 09:33 AM
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04-11-2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus Hmmmm, that I did not know... | Basically Les, Caldwell was the ring leader of the famous "Morotai mutiny" so the top brass back in Oz used illegal alcohol trading as a reason to Courtmartiall him. IIRC he was reduced in rank...
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04-13-2007, 02:12 PM
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Country: | 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.
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04-13-2007, 03:45 PM
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