Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...further. Heavy bombers "in strength" headed for Berlin.* The Germans were ready: they roofed the skyroad to the capital with flares and swarms of night fighters. But within sight of Berlin itself, the bombers turned away and flew 90 miles to the southward. The tricked night fighters, out of fuel, had to land...
Money, Lauterbach found, is plentiful, but there are few opportunities to spend it. "Clothes are old but warm, and I was surprised at the frequency of fur hats, collars, even coats seen on the streets. These are needed, as wood and fuel are still not abundant. Food lines are not so long as I remembered but waiting for trams is the same. The well-stocked bookstores are as numerous in Moscow as drugstores in Los Angeles. Newspapers and magazines are still difficult to obtain...
When the question of Alaska Highway fuel came up, the Dean, admittedly no oil expert, talked around a little bit, and held one conference - at which no notes were taken. He did not bother to consult the Petroleum Administrator about the alternatives, or WPB about the availability of critical materials, transportation and manpower, or the Navy about the possibility of sending oil up from Seattle by tanker through the Inside Passage. "I am not familiar with Washington situations and setups," explained the Dean. Then Dean Graham sat down and wrote a one-page memorandum recommending Canol. General Somervell okayed...
...boasting, but with the assurance of experience and of deep, intelligent study, Chennault taught his early pilots to minimize the P-40's disadvantages and utilize its advantages : greater fire power, heavier armor for pilot and fuel, sturdier construction, a much higher diving speed. He also insisted on using a tight, flexible and ecomical two-plane formation. He discouraged dog-fighting by individual pilots. Essence of his teaching: hit hard, hit precisely, hit as a team...
...Chinese return Chennault's affection. Bandits once stole all the aviation gasoline at an air base; two Services of Supply men spent a month trying to recover the fuel. Finally a coolie was told that Chennault needed the gasoline. Before daybreak next day there was the clatter of drums of gas being rolled up the highway. By dawn all of the drums had been returned...