70 years on, Berliners remember Airlift 'Candy Bombers' As Germany marks 70 years since the start of the Berlin Airlift, a spectacular humanitarian rescue mission during the first major Cold War crisis between the West and the Soviet Union, two Berliners remember their childhood memories during the Blockade when they saw the famous 'Candy Bombers' flying over their heads several times a day for almost a year. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES