Photo Story: A plane spotter’s celebration for the 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift
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A series of photos taken during the celebrations during a plane spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany for the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
About a dozen of former ‘Raisin Bombers’ (Rosinenbomber) planes met in Jagel. From 1948 to 1949, during the Berlin blockade, planes of the Western Allied Forces carried food and fuel from Western Germany to Berlin.
Plane spotters watch two tornado combat aircrafts of the German Air Force during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.A DC-3 heritage plane lands during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.A plane spotter snaps a CH-53 transport helicopter of the German Air Force during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.Plane spotters watch a landing DC-3 heritage plane during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jage.A Eurofighter combat aircraft of the German Air Force during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.Plane spotters watch a Tornado combat aircraft of the German Air Force in Jagel, northern Germany, 13 June 2019.A DC-3 heritage plane lands in Jagel, northern Germany.
A DC-3 heritage plane lands during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel.A DC-3 heritage plane flies during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.
