Operation Vittles proved a blockaded city of 2.5 million could be sustained entirely by air - and produced one of aviation's most unlikely heroes.
TaildraggerHow a Utah C-54 pilot's unauthorized candy drops over blockaded Berlin became Operation Little Vittles and helped the West win the Cold War's first standoff.
TaildraggerHow Lt. Gail Halvorsen turned two sticks of chewing gum into Operation Little Vittles, dropping over 23 tons of candy on blockaded West Berlin.
TaildraggerThe story of Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber who dropped chocolate on parachutes to blockaded Berlin's children during the 1948 airlift.
TaildraggerHow Gail Halvorsen's two sticks of gum sparked the Berlin Candy Bomber legend during the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerHow pilot Gail Halvorsen became the Candy Bomber of the Berlin Airlift, dropping candy on handkerchief parachutes over Tempelhof.
TaildraggerHow pilot Gail Halvorsen became the Candy Bomber, dropping chocolate on handkerchief parachutes to children during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerHow pilot Gail Halvorsen became the Candy Bomber, dropping chocolate on parachutes to children during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerOperation Vittles - the 1948 Berlin Airlift - delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies across 277,000 flights to prove airpower could sustain life, not just end it.
TaildraggerHow pilot Gail Halvorsen's unauthorized candy drops over Berlin transformed Cold War relations and became aviation's greatest humanitarian story.
TaildraggerThe 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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