This poster is everywhere in Berlin right now, expressing a heartfelt good-bye (and thanks) to their oldest airport before it closes down for good. It features a 'Rosinenbomber' (literally, 'raisin bomber'), one of the Allied planes that kept the city supplied with food and fuel and other things during the Soviet blockage in 1948-9. The American name is 'Candy Bomber', its nickname after the crews started dropping chocolate and gum (and something with raisins, I guess) as they flew over the city and started to land. Kids used to wait after school for the planes to arrive, and the candy would come down in small packages with mini-parachutes attached. One of our prouder moments in history.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Saying Good-bye, with feeling, to Tempelhof Airport
This poster is everywhere in Berlin right now, expressing a heartfelt good-bye (and thanks) to their oldest airport before it closes down for good. It features a 'Rosinenbomber' (literally, 'raisin bomber'), one of the Allied planes that kept the city supplied with food and fuel and other things during the Soviet blockage in 1948-9. The American name is 'Candy Bomber', its nickname after the crews started dropping chocolate and gum (and something with raisins, I guess) as they flew over the city and started to land. Kids used to wait after school for the planes to arrive, and the candy would come down in small packages with mini-parachutes attached. One of our prouder moments in history.
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