Coal that had been flown from Fassberg to Gatow Airfield in the British sector of Berlin Air Force C-54 Skymasters is
unloaded into barges on the Havel River. The barges when filled will carry the coal to Kladow or Westhafen in the Berlin area for distribution to Industries and homes in the blockaded city. The barges carry an average of 500 to 700 tons of "vittles" coal daily.
Record Group 342 -G 27-69186
Record Group 342 -G 27-A-73803 AC
Crew unloads airlift supplies through the elevator of the giant Douglas C-74 Globemaster at Gatow Airfield in the British Sector of Berlin. 17 August 1948.
