Today, a Spitfire carrying a strange loadout has been seen around Wright Island. ATC heard singing in the emergency channel, and saw a Spit taking off awkwardly from the taxiway. The pilot is a drunk french guy, offering beers to everyone he meets !

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.
The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX.