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Photo Story: A plane spotter’s celebration for the 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift

cde.news desk 13 June 2019, 15:39 · 2 min read

A DC-3 heritage plane flies during a spotter day at the German Air Force's airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.

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 spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — 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.

Plane spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — A DC-3 heritage plane lands during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.

Plane spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — 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 spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — Plane spotters watch a landing DC-3 heritage plane during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jage.

Plane spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — 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 spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — Plane spotters watch a Tornado combat aircraft of the German Air Force in Jagel, northern Germany, 13 June 2019.

Plane spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — A DC-3 heritage plane lands in Jagel, northern Germany.

Plane spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — A DC-3 heritage plane lands during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel.

Plane spotter day celebrates 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift — A DC-3 heritage plane flies during a spotter day at the German Air Force’s airfield in Jagel, northern Germany.

Photos: EPA-EFE/FOCKE STRANGMANN

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