Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara mai zuwa CBS ta aika da Downs zuwa Berlin don rufe rufewa
kuma daga baya jirgin sama, kamar yadda suke so wani mai ba da rahoto tare da gogewar yaƙi. Ya zauna a wurin har zuwa shekara ta 1950. Ya ba da watsa shirye-shiryen Kirsimeti daga matukin jirgi na jirgin sama na Candy Bomber wanda Gail Halvorsen ya tuka a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Little Vittles. A cikin 1950, ya sami lambar yabo ta Overseas Press Club don aikinsa a Berlin.