The Candy Bomber, Gail Halvorsen, and Operation Little Vittles Over Blockaded Berlin
The story of Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber who dropped chocolate on parachutes to blockaded Berlin's children during the 1948 airlift.
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The Berlin Candy Bomber, Gail Halvorsen, and the Two Sticks of Gum That Turned a C Fifty-Four Into a Wiggle-Winged Miracle Over Tempelhof
How Gail Halvorsen's two sticks of gum sparked the Berlin Candy Bomber legend during the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerGail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber, and the Wiggle of the Wings That Turned a C Fifty-Four Skymaster Into Hope Over Berlin
How pilot Gail Halvorsen became the Candy Bomber, dropping chocolate on handkerchief parachutes to children during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerGail Halvorsen and the Candy Bomber who turned a C fifty-four into a candy store over Berlin
How pilot Gail Halvorsen's unauthorized candy drops over Berlin transformed Cold War relations and became aviation's greatest humanitarian story.
TaildraggerThe Berlin Airlift and the candy bombers
The Berlin Airlift sustained a city of 2.5 million by air for 15 months - and one pilot's act of kindness became its most enduring legacy.
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