"Boomerang" wrote in
:

Nothing in the Pilots handbook mentioned that two kegs of Oktoberfest
in the nose turret of a P4M-1Q on the Germany-Morocco return leg
created a "step" that gave you an additional eight knots at best
cruise and insured a warm mid-October welcome from the gang at home in
Port Lyautey....




There are photos on the net, of a Spitfire with a keg or two of Ale
on bomb shackles. "something for the troops" during ferry flights.

Chuck Yeager also references stopping in France returning from
fighter sweeps and bringing a case of Champagne back on his lap.