Tedder Checks On Air-Lift -- Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder, Chief of Air Staff stopped to have a cup of hot chocolate at Tempelhof airfield (American Sector) while making a tour of inspection of the air-lift bases in Germany. (Left to right), are: U.S. Navy Pilot, Lieut. Lee Mifflin, from Ruth, Nevada (U.S); U.S. Navy pilot, Lieut Lonny Thompson, of Charleston, West Virginia, U.S; Lord Tedder; and (With four days in hand, British and American planes had passed their previous monthly Berlin air-lift record by bringing the January total of supplies carried to more than 150, 000-tons.). January 28, 1949.