How One American Engineer’s “Cheap” Fuel Hack Gave Fighters 40 Extra Minutes of Combat

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The last words I ever heard from Lieutenant Caffey were not a cry for help, but a quiet, resigned whisper over the radio, a crackle of static and surrender. “She’s dry, boys. See you on the other side.” We all listened on the ground, helpless, as the sound of his P-51 Mustang’s engine coughed, sputtered, and then fell into a terrifying, final silence. I stood on the rain-soaked tarmac of the airfield in England, a useless wrench still clenched in my hand, picturing his powerless glide toward the unforgiving grey waters of the Channel. The fuel gauge, a merciless tyrant, had just pronounced his death sentence. It wasn't enemy fire that took him down. It wasn't a flaw in his courage or a mistake in his flying. It was time. Or rather, a lack of it, measured in gallons. That night, sleep offered no escape from the crushing weight of my own helplessness. I saw his face, the easy, confident grin he’d given me just that morning as I signed off on his pre-flight check. The rulebook said his engine had performed within specifications. The rulebook said the fuel load was standard. But the rulebook was getting my friends killed, and as I stood there in the cold, cavernous dark of the hangar, the smell of oil and damp earth filling my lungs, I decided the rulebook had to be broken.

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How One American Engineer’s “Cheap” Fuel Hack Gave Fighters 40 Extra Minutes of Combat