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Gail Halvorsen

Gail Halvorsen
Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (d. 2022)

Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.

10 October 1920

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