3 - minutes between takeoffs
328 - days the blockade lasted
2 million - the population of Berlin at the time
900 - calories in a daily German ration
1,534 - tons of food needed daily
1.5 million - tons of coal delivered
2.3 million - tons of food and supplies delivered
278,228 - flights flown
93 million - miles flown
23 - tons of candy dropped to Berlin children
(Information courtesy The Truman Library, Berlin Airlift Foundation and Spirit of Freedom Foundation) |
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Beyond the Fight 
As the famed Berlin Airlift 
