Airfix 1/72 BBMF Dakota Berlin Airlift Gift Set (50028)

This gift set includes glue (Humbrol Precision Poly Cement), Paint Brushes and 12 Humbrol Acrylic Paints.

Following the Soviet Union's Decision to put pressure on the Western Allies, shipments of goods by rail and the autobahn came to a halt. A desperate Berlin looked to the West for help. Surviving a noramlly harsh German winter, the airlift carried over two million tonnes of supplies in 270,000 flights. The blockade was finally lifted on May 12th 1949.