Cartoon by Illingworth on the Berlin Airlift (15 September 1948)

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On 15 September 1948, commenting on the airlift organised by the Western Allies to bring supplies to West Berlin, British cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth takes an ironic look at the new mission of the British pilots of the Royal Air Force, heroes of the Battle of Britain, who, three years after the end of the Second World War, have to fly to Berlin to transport food.

Source and copyright

Source: Daily Mail. For King and Commonwealth. 15.09.1948, No 16.330. London.

Copyright: (c) Leslie Illingworth Associated Newspaper / Solo Syndication, London

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Cartoon by Illingworth on the Berlin Airlift (15 September 1948)