8.8K views · 302 reactions | The Berlin Airlift began 70 years ago this week. The Operation cost 39 British and Commonwealth lives, including 17 RAF Personnel, a British Army Pilot, and 21 civilians. 32 Americans and 15 German civilians also lost their lives during the Airlift. For 15 months, the Airlift supplied 2 million people in the blockaded city of West Berlin, in what would become one of history’s greatest humanitarian Operations. #RAF100 | Royal Air Force | Facebook