Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-07-01 | Page 6 | 40 Army C-54s Arrive to Fly Food into Berlin

40 Army C Arrive To Fly Food Into Berlin c BERLIN July 1 UP The first of or 40 U. U S S. S Army C C 54 54 transport transport trans trans- port planes plane ordered to German Germany arrived Thursday to help fly food to Berlin The The he d dispatch of ot the Ute huge planes was in line Une with stepped up shuttle shuttles s service to Berlin the greatest peacetime air operation in ia history It was calculated to avert the threat of starvation to Germans and frustrate a Russian The vanguard of the three squadrons of C C reached Frankfurt and officials said it would go into action on the Berlin run within a a. few hours T The e four four- our I I en ined transports carry seven en tons more than twice as much as any other plane so far tar on the thc run The remainder of the first of three squadrons on the way to Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many were expected in Frankfurt before nightfall They were sent at the request of Gen Lucius Dt Clay Cay Military commanders announced that by the week end a combined fleet of bi big transport planes would be shuttling in at a n. rate of flights a day American and British officers voiced confidence that they can feed the thc Germans indefinitely and keep the stocks on hand from dwindling to the danger dang point The U. U S. S commander for Berlin Col Cot Frank L L. L Howey in a bitter castigation of the Soviet blockade expressed full faith that the thc massive massive massive mas mas- sive air operation would succeed II I can assure the Communists that the thc great fleet of ot American British and Fr French plan planes which began flying in food Monday willbe will willbe willbe be increased until the food stocks of the western sectors are arc beyond danger he said