LETTERS
Aug 06, 2020
4 minutes
Ian MacDonald, Essex
Stacey Tyler,
Worcester
Sarah King,
West Lothian
Maurice Graham,
Croydon
Peter Freshwater,
Edinburgh
D McCarthy,
Staffordshire
Mike Dickson,
Leeds
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Airlifts and airdrops
Reader Joseph Nicholas is correct when he writes (Letters, August) that the main focus of the Allies’ attempt to break the Soviet Union’s blockade of West Berlin in 1948–49 was an airlift, with planes full of food and other essential materials landing regularly at Tempelhof airport. But it should not be forgotten, and I mention this in partial defence of your crossword setter, that there were also airdrops. One of the best known was Operation Little Vittles.
This was the brainchild of American pilot Gail Halvorsen
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