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During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. Obviously, there was no room in the logistics chain for such luxuries as beer or other types of refreshments. Some men, often called 'sourcers', were able to get wine or other niceties from the land or rather from the locals. RAF Spitfire pilots came up with an even better idea.

The Spitfire Mk IX was an evolved version of the Spitfire, with pylons under the wings for bombs or tanks. It was discovered that the bomb pylons could also be modified to carry beer kegs. According to pictures that can be found, various sizes of kegs were used. Whether the kegs could be jettisoned in case of emergency is unknown. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival.

it looks real? but One Never Know do One!.....Vin!
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A variation was a long range fuel tank modified to carry beer instead of fuel. The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX.
Propaganda services were quick to pick up on this, which probably explains the official designation.









 
Back in VN I saw USAF Spads out of Da Nang fly over with just about every weapon imaginable hung under the wings. They looked like magnets that flew over a junk yard. Had I only know they could have carried the porcelain throne too I would have been even more impressed!
 
Lol the toilet on the A-1 kind of reminds me of some good ol Red Green show engineering...:icon_lol:

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TJ
 
beana51 said:
During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. Obviously, there was no room in the logistics chain for such luxuries as beer or other types of refreshments. Some men, often called 'sourcers', were able to get wine or other niceties from the land or rather from the locals. RAF Spitfire pilots came up with an even better idea.

The Spitfire Mk IX was an evolved version of the Spitfire, with pylons under the wings for bombs or tanks. It was discovered that the bomb pylons could also be modified to carry beer kegs. According to pictures that can be found, various sizes of kegs were used. Whether the kegs could be jettisoned in case of emergency is unknown. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival.

it looks real? but One Never Know do One!.....Vin!
wink.png


A variation was a long range fuel tank modified to carry beer instead of fuel. The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX.
Propaganda services were quick to pick up on this, which probably explains the official designation.









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I'm not surprised to see beer kegs mounted onto pylons or a drop tank used to carry beer. In the logs of VF-17 there is at least one instance in which they returned to the combat area from R&R carrying beer. The pilots pooled their money and bought 148 cases of beer, marked the cases "electronic parts" to keep anyone from stealing the beer, then had the beer shipped with them from Sidney to Espiritu Santo. At Espiritu, they loaded the cases into the ammo bays in the wings of their Corsairs. They flew their beer from Espiritu Santo up to Bougainville with 32 Corsairs, each carrying a mixed load of beer and 50 cal ammo. They flew the final leg of the flight, 45 minutes, at 20,000 feet to chill the beer. When the pilots landed, the ground crew came up to each Corsair to help the pilot out and each pilot greeted the crew with a can opener and instructions to quickly open the ammo bays and hand out some cold beer.
 
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