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Image: C-74 Globemaster unloading flour at Berlin Gatow during Operation Vittles

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Description: A U. S. Air Force C-74 Globemaster plane touched down at Gatow airfield located in southwestern Berlin, Germany on Tuesday with more than 20 tons of flour from the United States. “Operation Vittles” otherwise known as the Berlin Airlift (June 24, 1948-May 12, 1949) was a combined effort of the western allies against the Soviet Union’s blockade of all land routes into Berlin. The German children look on as the flour bags are lowered on August 19, 1948. Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.
Title: C-74 Globemaster unloading flour at Berlin Gatow during Operation Vittles
Credit: 20111110-OC-AMW-0014
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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