An interesting report with some curious photographs showing a Spitfire of the RAF carrying beer kegs under the wings. I've never seen this. Can anyone tell what the purpose of it ? To see these curious and unbelievable photos, visit the link below:


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/um-armamento-curioso.html


Best Regards!

These Beer Kegs were used to fly (unofficially) Beer to the front lines in France. Italeri have made a kit which included the kegs. It is still available, this listing is from Hannants but you should be able to obtain it from your locasl source https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/IT2696

Hi Marcelo,
The aircraft from Italeri depicts Wing commander Johnnie E Johnson's Spitfire
flying beer to the troops.

Some reading for you:

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/feb/01/guardianobituaries2

Cheers,
Joe

This might be off topic, but weren't US fighters used, during the War, to make ice cream?

Yes.