Following the devastating damage which a tornado inflicted upon the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's (BAHF) long-serving Douglas C-54E Skymaster Spirit of Freedom in Walterboro, South Carolina during April, 2020, one could be forgiven for wondering whether the organization could rebound from such a body blow. But such thoughts surely underestimated the drive of those involved, determination which mirrors the spirit of the aircrews whom they celebrate for their bravery and sacrifice in saving West Berlin from starvation under the 11 month Soviet blockade of 1948/49. While their original C-54/R5D (seen above) might well have suffered mortal wounds in the storm, the volunteers at the BAHF have worked hard to resurrect the Spirit of Freedom in a new airframe, this being C-54D 43-17228. Interestingly, unlike their original Skymaster which served out the bulk of its military career with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps (as R5D-4 BuNo.90414), the BAHF's new charge actually h
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