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Berlin Airlift Commemorative Plate
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1950, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1998/0224/C
On 24 June 1948 Soviet forces in the Eastern Zone of Germany stopped all rail and road traffic between the British, United States and French Zones of Berlin and the corresponding Allied Zones in western Germany. The only way for the Allies to maintain a supply and communication route into the closed off zones was via the air.
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