Berlin: Allied Activity in the West Berlin Air Corridors and Berlin Control Zone (BCZ)

A file containing documents concerning Allied activity in the West Berlin air corridors and the Berlin Control Zone. Subjects covered in the file include a series of Soviet complaints regarding Allied military flights; an attempt to increase the permitted flight level in the air corridors; and a shooting incident involving a British military aircraft in the control zone. Other subjects discussed in the file include the frequency of Soviet complaints against Allied aerial activity relating to the Eggersdorf area near Berlin; two near-misses between American and Soviet military aircraft; the necessity of tightening up Allied consultation procedures on low-level flights around Berlin; increasing Soviet reservations of airspace within the air corridors; and a Royal Air Force flight through one such reservation.