William H. Tunner

  • William H. Tunner

    William H. Tunner

    The man who organised the Berlin Airlift

William H. Tunner: the man who organised the Berlin Airlift

US Major General William H. Tunner (*1906 †1983) was posthumously inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame in 2006 in recognition of his outstanding organisational achievements in supplying resources to the population of Berlin during the Berlin blockade in 1948 (the Berlin Airlift), for founding modern air transport operations and for being the first person to establish the airplane as a practical means of transport within the logistics chain.

Field military, aircargo
Born July 4, 1906 in Elisabeth, New Jersey, USA
Verstorben April 6, 1983 in Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame 2004

 

  • Vita

    1906 Born on July 14 in Elisabeth, New Jersey (USA)

    1928 Graduates from the military academy and one year later from the Advanced Flying School in Kelly Field, Texas

    1942 to 1945 During the Second World War, Tunner heads the India-China Division of the Air Transport Command, transporting soldiers and resources from India over the Himalayas to China; this is the first time that large volumes of goods and heavy loads are transported by air

    1948 Takes on responsibility for organising the Berlin Airlift to supply the population of Berlin: in the period from June 1948 to October 1949, roughly 2.1 million Berliners are supplied with around two million tons of food, industrial goods and coal by aircraft carrying out around 280,000 trips along the air corridor

    1950 Heads the airlift to support US armed forces in the Korean War

    1953 Chief of the US Air Force in Europe; Tunner is also responsible for the development of the NATO air force in Europe

    1958 Commander of the Joint Military Air Transport Service in the USA

    1960 Retires from military service with the rank of Lieutenant General 

    1983 Tunner dies on April 6 in Gloucester, Virginia (USA)

    2006 Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame

Photos: U.S.Army, 360-berlin.de

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