Friendly Ordnance by Ronald Wong
Factory Fresh Spitfire Mk IXe's make their way to
the forward airfields of Normandy carrying kegs of beer. The English
brewery of Heneger and Constable donated fresh beer for the troops fighting
in Normandy, and someone (history does not record who) came up with
the idea of strapping the beer kegs to the underwings of the Spitfires
that were being shipped to the forward airfields. The troops loved
the freshly delivered, cold beer, but as with all good things, the British
Ministry of Revenue and Excise stepped in and notified the brewery that
it was in violation of the law in that it was exporting beer without
paying the taxes on it. Needless to say, this morale raising gesture
was shortly terminated.
1,000 limited edition prints signed and numbered by the artist:
actual size: 26" X 17"
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