The Berlin Airlift provided food, fuel and aid to 2.5 million people who were cut off by the Soviet Blockade... Between June 1948 and September 1949, American aircrews made more than 189 thousand flights, shattering previous airlift records. | Airman Magazine

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The Berlin Airlift began 70 years ago this week. The Operation cost 39 British and Commonwealth lives, including 17 RAF Personnel, a British Army Pilot, and 21 civilians. 32 Americans and 15 German civilians also lost their lives during the Airlift. For 15 months, the Airlift supplied 2 million people in the blockaded city of West Berlin, in what would become one of history’s greatest humanitarian Operations. #RAF100 | Royal Air Force

The Berlin Airlift – one of the largest humanitarian operations ever conducted – started 70 years ago this week. Over 15 months, British aircraft carried over half a million tons of vital supplies to the blockaded city of West Berlin. British aircraft flew a combined distance of over 30 million miles and spent equivalent to 24 years in the air. They evacuated 131,436 people from the city, and supported West Berlin’s industry by exporting 35,843 tons of goods. #RAF100 | Royal Air Force