Airlift for supply of West Berlin

Gail Halvorsen of the US Air Force attaches American candy bars and chewings gums to small parachutes, which he drops from his C-54 transport plane for the children during his approach to Tempelhof airport (picture from 1948). A transport plane of the US Air Force is ready for discharging, at Berlin Tempelhof airport, in 1949. 50 years ago, on 24 June 1948, the USSR imposed a blockade on Berlin as a reaction to the currency reform. All land and waterways were blocked for passenger and freight traffic between West Berlin and West Germany. The supply of the West Berlin population and the western allied occupation took place by an airlift established by the USA and Great Britain

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Airlift Approach Attaches Blockade Blocked Currency Discharging Drops Established Freight Gail Gums Halvorsen Imposed Parachutes Reform Tempelhof Waterways

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