Meanings
colloquial · historical · humorousCandy Bomber, Raisin Bomber (American or British transport aircraft which brought in supplies by airlift to West Berlin during the Soviet Berlin Blockade in 1948/1949)
Damals starteten und landeten in Tempelhof die Rosinenbomber, wie die Berliner die blockadebrechenden Flugzeuge nannten, wie am laufenden Band.Back then, the Raisin Bombers, as the Berliners called the blockade-breaking aircraft, started and landed in the non-stop line.