I applaud the RAF for having this vision!
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/spitfire-was-used-in-an-unorthodox-role-bringing-beer-kegs-to-the-men-in-normandy.html
Awesome story.
Somehow I was thinking they were dropping these to front line troops. Guess not.
can you imagine the firefights at Bastogne if there were misdropped beer kegs?
Heh.
LOL. Now that's keeping the troops well-supplied!