Berlin Airlift

Combined operations of the United States Air Force and Army
Rhein Main Air Base in Frankfurt are conducted 24 hours a day to supply the blockaded city of Berlin with food and supplies. In this photo, Lt. Edgar R. Kleinhens, left, of the 53rd Troop
Carrier Squadron, checks his cargo
before taking off on a night mission to Templehof Air Base. Army officers, Capt. Hubert D. Helms, and Maj. A. P. Flanagan, of
EUCOM; supervise loading of food shipped from quartermaster
depots in Frankfurt and Giessen,
Germany.

Record Group 342 -G 26-67203 AC

BARRELS OF
MACHINE OIL FLOWN TO BERLIN:
Barrels of machine oil are being loaded into an
Air Force C-47 for
transportation from
Frankfurt to Berlin
as part of
"Operation Vittles."


Record Group 342 -G 26-67614 AC

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