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Berlin Airlift

by Jackson, Robert

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  • Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: 008785
  • Format: Cloth
  • Book condition: Fine
  • Jacket condition: Fine
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0850598818
  • ISBN 13: 9780850598810
  • Publisher: Patrick Stephens
  • Date published: 1988

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Patrick Stephens, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Type: Hard Back Stated First Edition. Fine in a Fine Jacket. Bound in blue-grey cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 8vo--9 1/2" tall. 160 pages. Numerous b/w photographs throughout. In this graphic account, former RAFVR Squadron Leader Robert Jackson recreates vividly those tense days forthy years ago when the Iron Curtain came down with a vengeance. All links between Berlin and the West were severed. The Berlin Airlift began, a vital lifeline for the people of Berlin. For ten months the RAF, the USA Air Force and many chartered airlines supplied food, fuel, household goods, etc., operating round the clock, in all weather, being constantly harrassed by Russina fighters. Included in this book are detailed appendices of aircraft and crew casualties, tables of individual craft performances, monthly tonnages. A story of true courage and ingenuity. Hardcover Book and Jacket in very fine condition.






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