Photograph
Berlin Airlift Pilot
Capt. Homer P. Anderson, U.S. Air Force, (center) posing at a meeting of the Kiwanis club at the Park Hotel. With him are his co-pilot from Langley Field in Virginia, William M. Mettler. (left) and Edward J. Konkol, a member of Kiwanis and a director of the Wisconsin Civil Air Corps. Capt. Anderson spoke of the rigid qualifications that must be met by the pilots who fly a minimum of 4,500 tons of food and supplies into Berlin each day via the allied airlift. |
Image ID: | 55459 |
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Creation Date: | 11 08 1948 |
Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | PH 6442.2051 |
Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Nov. 9, 1948. |
Fraternal organizations |
Clothing and dress |
Air pilots, Military |
Military uniforms |
Indoor photography |
Men |
Portraits, Group |
Hotels |
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