Berlin Airlift

"Operation Vittles"- One half hour before a midnight departure to Berlin, Captain Baker and Lt.
Frazier prepare to make a last
minute check of their C-54 with the assistance of the engineer,
S/Sgt. Arthur J. Poole. (Left to right: Poole, Baker, and Frazier.)

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"OPERATION VITTLES" -
Germany - Most pilots like to keep their own crews with them on
every flight. Due to varied shift scheduling between officers and
enlisted men his is difficult on the "Vittles" run. On a new shift, Cpt.
Baker and Lt. Frazier talk things
over with their new
enlisted crew: S/Sgt. Edward S. McGinty, engineer; and Cpl. Bobbie R. Seabaugh, radio operator. (Left to right: Frazier, McGinty,
Seabaugh, and Baker.)

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