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| RefNo | PP/WSL/FLA/P176 |
| Short title | Pilot watches men fill a fuel tank with beer for D-Day troops, Bognor Regis |
| Full description | Pilot watches men fill a fuel tank with beer for D-Day troops, Bognor Regis. A Norwegian pilot watches beer being transferred into modified auxiliary fuel tanks. the pilot sits on the wing in this flying uniform whilst the beer is piped from kegs into the fuel tanks by a man in a white overall and a member of the Home Guard writes XXX on the tanks. Immediately after D-Day Spitfire aircraft were used to fly beer out to invasion forces. It is thought this image is taken at Bognor because No. 132 ( Norwegian) Wing were based there over the D-Day period. Wartime West Sussex 1939-45 Project. Frank L'Alouette Collection by kind permission of his daughter Jeanette Hickman, now deposited at West Sussex Record Office. |
| Date | June 1944 |
| Period | World War Two |
| Period dates | 3 Sep 1939-14 Aug 1945 |
| Photographer or Artist | Frank L'Alouette |
| Format | Photograph |
| Owner | West Sussex County Council Library Service |
| Subject | Military/Air Force |
| History/World War Two/D-Day |
| Beer |
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| Place Entry | Code |
| /Bognor Regis/West Sussex | NA520 |