The Berlin Airlift - Tempelhof 1948 by Barry Price. TRA40 until it was transferred to

until it was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Air Force

Spartan turns and heads for the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane on the Gareloch

Since its introduction in the 1970s to front-line service in the ground attack

Despite losing some 15 pilots killed or captured

Claire Eva Burtons powerful image depicts an exciting moment one mile from home

The Berlin Airlift - Tempelhof 1948 by Barry Price. TRA40 until it was transferred toLE45. The Berlin Airlift Tempelhof 1948 by Barry Price. In 1948 Stalins ruthless rule over post war Eastern Europe was extended to a blockade of the land supply routes to West Berlin in an attempt to starve the city into surrender. The freedom of West Berlins 2 million population was maintained during 1948 and 1949 by a massive airlift of food, coal and supplies over the Iron Curtain and the will of Berliners not to capitulate in the face of Stalins