The airlift has already brought more than 100,000 tons of food, coal, medical supplies, and other items into the former German capital in the two-month old blockade.
| C-47 planes of the airlift task force at the Wiesbaden air base being loaded with food and supplies for the people of the Russian-blockaded city of Berlin. The airlift has already brought more than 100,000 tons of food, coal, medical supplies, and other items into the former German capital in the two-month old blockade. |
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Three new air strips were under construction in Berlin during August 1948, to handle the increased air traffic. |
