In the Pacific theater, the 348th fighter group of the 5th Air Force flying P47 Thunderbolts used a locally sourced drop tank. It was designed an implemented in less than 8 weeks and gave the P47s in theater a 450 mile combat radius.

This tank is commonly called the "Brisbane Tank". It's quite a story.

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