Berlin Airlift

BERLIN, Germany.-Navy R5D (C-54) operating with VR-8 swings into position for take-off while another in the foreground awaits its turn to leave Rhein-Main for Tempelhof. Between the two is an Air Force C-54.

Record Group 306 -PS 86-49-933

Rhein Main Air Base,
Frankfurt, Germany. A Swedish plane (right) proves that the commercial airlines at Rhein/Main airport maintain their normal schedules as dozens of USAF cargo
aircraft
shuttle day and night
between Frankfurt and "Berlin Island" to meet the huge food demand of a
two-and-a-half
million population.

Record Group 342 -G 23-68360 AC

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