Last USAF flight of the Berlin Airlift
By spring 1949, the operation to supply Berlin was working so efficiently that, on some days, more goods were flown into the city than had arrived before the blockade by road, water, and rail combined. The continuing positive reporting on Allied tonnage and the growing reputation of the Western powers were certainly part of the reason for the lifting of the Soviet blockade on May 12, 1949. Despite the end of the blockade, the Airlift continued until Sept. 30, 1949. The historical events known as the “Berlin Blockade” and the “Berlin Airlift” are thus chronologically not wholly identical.
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