During yet another monotonous flight to Berlin, the radio operator aboard a C-54 describes interference he's receiving as the engineer (seated behind the pilots) wonders aloud about a light outside the right window.

Project Sleighbells brought Christmas gifts from dependents of Vittles fliers from all parts of the world to Germany. In the foreground are some of the mail bags to be loaded and to the extreme left can be seen some of the C-74 crew members. At the extreme right are crew memebers of a plane which had just arrived from Alaska bringing in gifts for the projects. The women and children are dependents of Vittles personnel from Brookley Air Force Base and Mobile, Alabama.

While waiting for their "block," pilots relax in the pilots' lounge at Wiesbaden.

The line of maintenance docks during night crew operations at the Oberpfafenhofen Air Force Depot.

The Wash Dock installation at Oberpfaffenhofen Air Force Depot, 7 September 1949. The Wash Docks were used in the first stages of 200 hour inspection of C-54s engaged in the airlift.

Thousands of tires, checked constantly for deterioration, were kept in a state of readiness at Rhein-Main Air Base for use on the Skymasters flying round-the-clock into blockaded Berlin.

Care packages being distributed to Berliners.

The Berlin Wall shortly after its construction.

Readying an R-2000 engine for its exit at Rhein-Main Air Base.

A giant C-74 unloading at Gatow Airfield becomes an attraction for sightseers.

A new R-200 engine, called "wasps" by the maintenance crews, being swung into position on a waiting C-54 at Rhein-Main Air Base.

Parachutes in hand, Berlin-bound pilots take a quick look at the morning paper before heading for their plane.