Tuesday 2 December 2014

A Spitfire Flying Dray to Ferry Beer to France

This Spitfire was adapted to carry beer to France for the comfort of British troops serving in Normandy after D-Day:


Here's a close-up of the unusual jettison tanks:


The load was reportedly known as the Model XXX Depth Charge. Very witty.

Details of the aircraft and the reason for its modification can be read at Zythophile, here.

2 comments:

UBERMOUTH said...

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William Gruff said...

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