Many military operations involved sitting around for long periods of time
while important preparations were made. The Berlin Airlift was no exception.
This was not a relaxing time. Aircrews had to sit around waiting tensely for
their flight to begin.
Several American cartoonists commented on this problem. One anonymous cartoonist
produced the famous Fassberg diary. This was a joke diary of the Berlin Blockade,
and ended with the fliers still transporting goods into Berlin in the year
This cartoon was by Sergeant Jake Schuffert. He drew cartoons most days
in the Task Force Times. This was the newspaper produced by the US government
especially for the Berlin Airlift and blockade.