Gail Halvorsen
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title:
Gail Halvorsen
text:
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. Halvorsen grew up in rural Utah and always had a desire to fly. He earned his private pilot's license in 1941 and then joined the Civil Air Patrol. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 and was as
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US Air Force officer (1920–2022)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Halvorsen
date created:
2005-12-04T03:35:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:03:28Z
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