Drop Tanks?

[G Sting]

This has likely been asked before, but did any aircraft have drop tanks or the like? (Drop tanks meaning external fuel tanks somehow jettisonable from an aircraft)

TIA

[sator]

I could be wrong but I don,t think anyone used drop tanks until WWII .

[rexee]

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[Ransom E. Olds]

Concerning drop tanks pre-WW2 the Mitsubishi A5M used them, and I've seen pics of the Heinkel He51 with what appear to be drop tanks. Also some Curtiss P-6E have what appears to be auxiliary tanks, but whether or not they could be dropped I haven't a clue. Ransom

[sator]

Thanks for the info Rexee.

[G Sting]

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/other-wwi-aviation/59100-drop-tanks.html

Thank you, all.

Very helpful link, too, Rexee. Much appreciated.