Berlin Airlift

Berlin Airlift DVD cover.

Documentary (2008)

In June 1948 the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin, determined to drive the occupying Allies out of the city. The besieged city would be supplied entirely by air, for as long as it took to win the battle of nerves. This DVD tells the full story of one of the greatest achievements in aviation history.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof.In the far background on the right.

Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express

Cargo version of B-24D.

Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express of the USAAF.

Fairchild C-82A Packet

Fairchild C-82A Packet of the USAAF.

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

Douglas C-47A Skytrain of the USAF.

Douglas C-47B Skytrain

Douglas C-47B Skytrain of the MATS/USAF.

Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof.

Douglas C-47B Skytrain of the MATS/USAF.

Douglas Dakota III

Douglas Dakota III of the RAF.

At Royal Air Force Station Gatow (now a Military museum):

Douglas Dakota III of the RAF.

Douglas C-54A Skymaster

Douglas C-54A Skymaster of the The Air Transport Command/USAF.

Douglas C-54G-1-DO Skymaster

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas C-54G-1-DO Skymaster 45-514 (c/n 35967) ran off end of runway into ditch and caught fire while landing atFlughafen Berlin-Tempelhof 13 August 1948 during Berlin Airlift. Crew survived.

5514, Douglas C-54G-1-DO Skymaster of the MATS/USAF.

Douglas C-54D Skymaster

Douglas C-54D Skymaster of the MATS/USAF.

Same aircraft also seen in Veillées d'armes - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Douglas C-54D Skymaster of the MATS/USAF.

Landing at Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof.

Douglas C-54D Skymaster of the MATS/USAF.

Bristol 170 Freighter Mk21

Witness on private airlines contribution to the airlift.

Bristol 170 Freighter Mk21 of Silver City Airways.

Waco CG-4A

Towed by a C-47 Skytrain.

Waco CG-4A of the USAF.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I

Parc of Airspeed Horsa gliders with their C-47 towing aircrafts.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I of the USSAF.

Handley Page H.P.70 Halton I

Handley Page H.P.70 Halton I.

Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings C2

32 Hastings were deployed on the Berlin airlift, mainly used to carry coal.

Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings C2 of the RAF. At Royal Air Force Station Gatow (now military museum).

Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings C2 of the RAF.

Avro 691 Lancastrian

Civil conversion of the Avro Lancaster.

Avro 691 Lancastrian.

Supermarine Spitfire IX

Supermarine Spitfire IX of the RAF.

Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik

Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik of the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Short S.25 Sunderland 5

Short S-25 Sunderland 5 of british Royal Air Force.

Hand-made tin toy airplane

Avro 688 Tudor 4

Used as freighter during the Berlin airlift.

Avro 688 Tudor 4 of BSAA-British South American Airways.

Avro 689 Tudor 5

Tudor 5 of BSAA operated as fuel tanker on the Berlin airlift. This aircraft crashed after the airlift, in 1950, under Airflight Ltd flag company.

Reg.G-AKBY Avro 689 Tudor 5 of BSAA-British South American Airways.

Vickers VC1 Viking 1A-698

Ex.BEA, operated by Trans World Charter.
Registration G-AHON, serial No.116.

Reg.G-AHON Vickers VC1 Viking 1A-698 of Trans World Charter.

Avro 685 York I

First of thirty York acquired by B.O.A.C.-British Overseas Airways Corporation. Seen with its war time delivery in 1944.
Registration G-AGJA, serial N° MW103.

Reg.G-AGJA Avro 685 York I of B.O.A.C.

Avro 685 York C.I

During the Berlin Airlift, Yorks flew over 58,000 sorties, close to half of the British contribution, alongside the Douglas Dakota and Handley Page Hastings.