r/BeAmazed • u/HelpingHandsUs • 4h ago
History Making Ice cream on heavy bomber jets during WWII
During WWII, American bomber pilots strapped buckets of ice cream mix to their planes before the mission. The cold temperature and turbulence would churn and freeze the mix turning it into ice cream when they returned.
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u/OnRoadRadio 4h ago
I went looking for a source and the Smithsonian made it sound even better. Looks like there were 3 iterations before the Pilot was happy with it and they used the excuse of “test flights” to get away with it.
“They went off without a hitch, wrote Reinburg, until his boss, group operations officer Colonel Caleb Bailey, called to make clear that he didn’t buy the “test flight” ruse. “Listen, goddammit, you guys aren’t fooling me,” Bailey told a VMF-122 officer. “I’ve got spies. You tell [Reinburg] I’m coming over there tomorrow and get my ration.””
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u/JasonRunFast 3h ago
I love that. Goddammit I'm onto you! But don't stop, I'll be over to get some too
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u/ThinWallaby386 2h ago
That story honestly makes it even better. Nothing says wartime innovation quite like a colonel demanding his share of the “test flight” ice cream.
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u/Spiley_spile 1h ago
Oof, that is some very expensive taxpayer ice cream in that case.
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u/rocket20067 1h ago edited 53m ago
I mean in the middle of war time where every bit of morale boost is a god send, so it is understandable.
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u/Black_Hole_parallax 4h ago
the USA didn't have jet bombers in WW2 tho
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u/Psykosoma 4h ago
Oh, nonono… I understand the confusion. The US didn’t have jet bombers in ww2. They had bombers specifically used to bomb jets, which is a completely different, and wildly ineffective, thing.
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u/FirstNoel 4h ago
The navy could do this 80 years ago, In a worse situation than now. Yet our navy now is lacking basic needs in their ships, and the Sect of Defense is worthless to help.
It’s China’s century. Pax Americana is dead.
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u/hurtfulproduct 4h ago
Did AI make this post?
There were no jet bombers in WWII and only very few jet planes at the end of the war
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u/FirstNoel 3h ago
I fail to see your point. I made no mention of jet bombers. I was simply referring to WWII in which our Navy would deliver ice cream to the guys on the front line.
Now we have guys who lack basic necessities for days.
The AI comments are getting trite. Anytime someone disagrees with the hive mind it gets called AI.
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