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Short Sunderland Mk. V (VB887 4X-X) of 230 Squadron on Lake Havel during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Photographs, In Storage, P021269

This photograph shows the first Sunderland flying boat to land on Lake Havel during the Berlin Airlift, the first major confrontation between the East and the West during the Cold War.

Black and white photograph of an RAF Sunderland flying boat on Lake Havel in West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift, RAF Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum

Short Sunderland MR.5 (NS-D) of 201 Squadron delivering supplies during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949

Photographs, In Storage, P031129

The Berlin Airlift was the first major confrontation between the East and the West during the Cold War. It was known as Operation 'Plainfare' by the British and Operation 'Vittles' by the Americans.

A Sunderland flying boat on a lake in Berlin, © Crown

Half a Million Tons and a Goat: A Study of British Participation in the Berlin Airlift 25 June 1948 - 12 May 1949

Archives, In Storage, X008-5387

Electronic copy of a PhD thesis by Richard David Keen regarding the British participation in the Berlin Airlift, submitted in 2013

Image pending

Berlin Airlift 1948

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 79/C/303

This plate was produced to mark the achievement of the Berlin Airlift.

Image of a painted commemorative dining plate., Unknown