Just watched a documentary on the Berlin Airlift and caught the name of Thornton on an aircraft, probably on a DC.4.
There is a Thornton Airlines in Boston about which I could find no further details, so has anyone any knowledge of ‘Thornton’ during the airlift?:confused:
By: Newforest - 24th June 2008 at 20:07
Could be, watched the second episode tonight and the mystery name did not appear. Got another programme to watch and hope it appears.:)
By: keithnewsome - 23rd June 2008 at 22:59
Newforest, Could that possibly have been Hornton Airways, and possibly Dakota G-AKLL, which flew on the airlift ? It amassed 108 sorties during 301.25 flying hours, carrying 397.5 tons of freight ? all this from my treasured book “The Berlin Airlift” by Robert Jackson ? Keith.
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June 23, 2008 at 10:30 pm