Recalling a moment at Gatow airfield during the Berlin Airlift,"and more tanks came till there were you know several dozen tanks on this bit of rising ground overlooking the airfield.... and then a few days later all hell broke loose. It was the setting for a Russian film".

Fred Danckwardt

During World War II, Fred Danckwardt survived 45 Operations with Bomber Command. He then returned to Germany to help on the Berlin Airlift.

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