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By April 1949, Allied airplanes were landing at a rate of one every minute, and a record 12,941 tons were transported on that date. A shipment of goods at Tempelhof airfield in the American sector of Berlin. (U.S. Air Force)
By April 1949, Allied airplanes were landing at a rate of one every minute, and a record 12,941 tons were transported on that date. A shipment of goods at Tempelhof airfield in the American sector of Berlin. (U.S. Air Force)