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Berlin Airlift
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The first bag of coal of 10 tons
carried on the 10,000th American plane into Gatow Airfield in the British Sector of Berlin, is
presented to Group Captain Brian Courtney Yarde, RAF Commander of Gatow (2nd from right) and
major James J. Brown, USAF
Liaison Officer at Gatow (far right) by crew members of the 10,000th plane. The plane's crew (from left to right) are Sgt. Thomas W. Burket, flight engineer, from
Tyrone, Pa.; 1st Lt. Paul Carr,
co-pilot, from St. Albany, N.Y.; and 1st Lt. William R. Wasser,
pilot, from Fontana, Calif. Group
Captain Yarde is from and over in south England. Major Brown's hometown is
Montgomery, Alabama.
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Record Group 342 -G 23-69257 AC
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AIRLIFT FLIGHT CONTROL BY AMERICAN AND BRITISH RADAR OPERATORS-An example of the American-British cooperation at Gatow Airfield in the British sector of Berlin is shown as these RAF and U.S. Air Force radar men operate GCA equipment to land American and British transport planes during periods of poor visibility. Both USAF and RAF planes, carrying supplies into the blockaded German city, land at Gatow. Left to right: Cpl. William Black, Aberdeen, Scotland; Flight Lt. Allen Green, Bournemouth, England; M/Sgt. Wilfred Kranz, Harbor Beach, Mi.; Flight Lt. Edward Attwell, Lincolnshire; Cpl. Eric Renshall,
Liverpool; Aircraftsman Peter
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Record Group 342 -G 24-+68632 AC
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mcoleman1@CompuServe.com
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