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At dawn on June 6, 1944, the amphibious invasion of Normandy began. Allied troops from Britain, Canada, and America landed on the French coast to start the months-long Battle of Normandy. As the invasion continued, supplies became scarce, and there was one item that the troops noticed a distinct lack of: beer.
After D-Day, it was hard to get any supplies to the front-line troops and luxuries such as beer were low on the list. With the governments not able or willing to provide alcohol to the troops, they had to take matters into their own hands. Military personnel who were able to get wine and other luxuries from locals would source these items for the rest of the men.
While this was able to pacify some of the troops, the RAF had a different idea. They needed beer, and they were lucky enough that some of the British breweries were willing to donate to the troops. One of these breweries, Heneger and Constable, offered free beer to the troops and provided it to RAF pilots.
To get the beer from Britain to the troops in France, modification XXX was born. This modification was performed by pilots on the Spitfire Mk IX which had pylons under the wings. These pylons were generally used for bombs and fuel tanks, but could also be used for beer.

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Cool story. Never, ever heard anything on this until now. Thanks.