Photograph
Berlin Airlift Skytrain
| The reason for the official name for the Berlin Airlift, "Operation Skytrain," is suggested by this photograph of C-47 transport airplanes unloading at Tempelhof Air Base. The airlift began on June 24, 1948 when the Soviet Union cut off all ground traffic to West Berlin. Generally considered the greatest humanitarian airlift of all time, the Berlin Airlift continued for 15 months. At its height an airplane took off or landed in West Berlin, around the clock, every 90 seconds. This photograph is part of a public relations program submitted to a Public Relations Society of America competition by the Military Air Transport Service. MATS supplied most of the American planes used in the airlift. The PRSA records are available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. |
| Image ID: | 11376 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1948 |
| Creator Name: | United States. Air Force. |
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| Collection Name: | Public Relations Society of America : Public Relations Society of America records, 1938-2013 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | U.S. Mss 64AF, box 126 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
| Airplane, Military |
| Military bases |
| United States. Air Force |
| Outdoor photography |
| Airports |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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