The children's airlift becomes a success

The children's airlift of the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force over the Tempelhof and Gatow airfields proved to be a complete success. In the first 3 months, several thousand West Berlin children were already flown to West Germany for recovery using American and British aircraft. These flights also helped to alleviate the tense supply situation in West Berlin before the onset of winter. However, the East Berlin trade union newspaper saw these flights as confirmation of alleged mass evacuations from West Berlin.

As a result of World War II, Gerhard Schröder lost his parents and his brother. Due to the tense supply situation, his aunt in West Berlin decided to send the 13-year-old orphan boy to West Germany via the children's airlift.

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