The ILA2008 will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift with a separate exhibition dedicated to the subject on the open-air site. Four large panels will be used to explain the situation facing the inhabitants of the western part of Berlin at the end of the 1940s. It will also highlight the efforts and achievements of the Allies during the Airlift and the sacrifices they made. Contemporary exhibits will include two DC-3s as representatives of what came to be known as “Candy Bombers”, which can be seen on the ground and during a daily memorial flight. Veterans of the Airlift from the USA and the United Kingdom who witnessed these events first hand are expected to attend the ILA. They will include the 87-year old Gail Halvorsen, who gained fame as a pilot with the US Air Force during the Airlift by distributing candy on little parachutes to waiting children shortly before landing. 150 kilograms of Hershey’s chocolate is reportedly on its way to the ILA2008.
