The FReeper Foxhole Revisits The Berlin Airlift

The R-4360 Wasp Major was developed during WWII though it only saw service late in the war. It represents the most technically advanced and complex reciprocating aircraft engine produced in large numbers in the U.S.

I'm still a great fan of the P-51 Mustang, that was a cool fighter plane.

Yup that's true, the P-51 was a joint British/American project, not a reciprocating but it was considered the weapon that ultimately won the air war for the Allies. I'm very suprised Eisenhower didn't mention that along with the bazooka, jeep and atomic bomb.

Good Evening!

I am a new poster a this site, but I visited it several times...

In fact, being an enthusiastic admirer of the Berlin Airlift, I wrote a novel "Eagles Over Berlin" dedicated to the men and women who carried out this marvelous military victory, a victory of democracy and freedom on tyranny.

This site, among many others, was a great help for me and I would like at first to thank you for that. I would like to use the "Tempelhof" photo here-above in the article on my book cover and would like to obtain your permission for it.

I was born and grown up in Hungary during the Communist era, years after the Berlin blockade. America was presented as the enemy. In the shadows of the communism, my parents and elderly spoke about the Airlift and the secret mystery around it made the fantastic enterprise even more appealing in my eyes. I arrived four years ago to the United States and experienced that the Americans in the streets do not know about it.

If you would like to have more information about the book, you can visit the web site www.eaglesoverberlin.com

Thank you in advance for your permission.

As far as the picture goes, we cannot find any reference to it being copyright protected, it may be in the public domain and you may be able to use it. I will point you to the place where we got the picture but there is no copyright mention there either. As far as we can tell it is free to use.

Click here and then select the link on the left that says "What was the Berlin Airlift?"

Thanks for your kind words and for visiting us. We will take a look at your book too! Good luck.

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