Operation Pelican : (Record no. 15773)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781920800253 (pbk)
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name CLARK Chris
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Operation Pelican :
Remainder of title the Royal Australian Air Force in the Berlin Airlift 1948-1949 /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Chris Clark.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Canberra :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Air Power Development Centre,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 86p. :
Other physical details ill. +
Accompanying material CD-ROM.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In 1948 Britain, France and the United States of America found themselves opposed to their former wartime ally, the Soviet Union, over matters regarding control of the capital of the defeated Nazi German regime. When the Soviets imposed a blockade of the city, the Allies had no option but to begin flying in the necessities of life for the two million inhabitants of the zones under their administration. Thus began the first large-scale humanitarian airlift in history. When Britain turned for support to its Dominion partners, the transport element of the Royal Australian Air Force had recently ceased flying a regular courier service for Australian occupation forces involved in garrisoning another defeated Axis power of World War II, Japan - this role having been handed over to a commercial airline. By September 1948 an unnumbered Australian squadron had joined other RAAF transport crews already engaged as part of the massive allied undertaking. To the Americans the fifteen-month-long operation was codenamed Vittles, while the British called it Plainfare. But to the Royal Australian Air Force personnel involved, the Berlin Airlift was known as Pelican. Here the story is told of the events that made the airlift necessary, what the undertaking entailed and the part that Australians played in it, as well as the outcome and achievements of Operation Pelican.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element BERLIN AIRLIFT
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element AUSTRALIA
General subdivision AIR OPERATIONS
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Topical term or geographic name entry element OPERATION PELICAN
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Defence Academy Library Defence Academy Library On-Shelf 26/04/2010   940.554 CLA 30302-2001 03/01/2024 1 03/01/2024 Book AUS-DON
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 12/03/2010 5 940.554 CLA 30302-1001 06/09/2022 1 03/01/2024 Book  
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 02/11/2011   940.554 CLA 30302-1002 03/01/2024 2 03/01/2024 DVD