Aircrew checking the load distribution of Berlin-bound flour

Aircrew checking the load distribution of Berlin-bound flour

Crews unload flour rail cars and prepare to truck this airlift cargo from train to nearby plane-side at Wiesbaden Air Base.

Crews unload flour rail cars and prepare to truck this airlift cargo from train to nearby plane-side at Wiesbaden Air Base.

Using a fork lift, crews load bags of flour onto a C-54 Rhein-Main Air Base

Using a fork lift, crews load bags of flour onto a C-54 Rhein-Main Air Base

Unloading flour at Tempelhof

Unloading flour at Tempelhof

A four-year old girl who lives in one of Berlin's Western Sectors, totes her family's weekly bread ration from a bakery near her home. The bread was baked from American flour and is wrapped in a Soviet-licensed newspaper which carries a banner headline reading:

A four-year old girl who lives in one of Berlin's Western Sectors, totes her family's weekly bread ration from a bakery near her home. The bread was baked from American flour and is wrapped in a Soviet-licensed newspaper which carries a banner headline reading: "AIRLIFT USELESS."
 

Bread baked from airlifted flour
Bread baked from airlifted flour

Bread baked from airlifted flour