# der Rosinenbomber

der Rosinenbomber is a German noun meaning “Candy Bomber”. Forms: des Rosinenbombers, die Rosinenbomber.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Rosinenbombers
- Plural: die Rosinenbomber

## Meanings

1. _colloquial · historical · humorous_ Candy 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.

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