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damaged people
rosinenbomber/museum of technology, berlin-kreuzberg.
the berlin airlift took place from 24 june, 1948, to 12 may, 1949. it was a response by the western allies to the blockade on west berlin by the ussr. west berlin was supplied by air with hundreds of reconditioned world war II bombers (nick-named rosinenbomber, or 'raisin bombers'). they dropped their cargo onto fields that had been specially cleared for the purpose and, without even landing, returned to their bases for reloading. millions of pounds of all sorts of supplies reached the city by air each day. 277,000 flights were made in total; at its height one plane reached west berlin every 30 seconds.
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2005
Nov.
06
| Berlin (DE)
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SX-70
| SX-70
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