A special service of commemoration to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift took place today at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
The service, which marks the final British flight of the Airlift, was held in the presence of Veterans Minister Kevan Jones, the new Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, and 500 veterans, families and current Service personnel.
The service paid tribute to the many servicemen and women who served on the airlift in the air and on the ground, supporting operations to keep the population of West Berlin alive during the Soviet Blockade of 1948-1949. The 39 British and Commonwealth personnel who lost their lives during the airlift, also known as “Operation Plainfare”, were also remembered.
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