Berlin marked the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift this week. Allied forces flew millions of tonnes of food, medicine and coal to keep the people of Berlin alive when the Soviets blockaded the city between 1948 and 1949.
Brian Wanstall (pictured) was back in Berlin to remember the humanitarian operation, now widely known as the first battle of the Cold War.
"It's nice being back," said the British veteran. "The German Defense Minister [Franz Josef Jung] was there at the ceremony."
Gail Halvorsen also came back to the German capital to mark the 60th anniversary. Halvorsen became famous during the blockade for dropping tiny parachutes of sweets out of his plane for the children of Berlin, he was known as the "Candy Bomber".
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