Gail Halvorsen was dubbed the Candy Bomber during the Berlin airlift for dropping chocolate bars on handkerchief parachutes. When stalin was trying to starve Berlin this US Airman was finding ways to give the hungry kids of the bombed out city some sweet treats. What a Great America.
‘Candy Bomber’ who dropped sweets during Berlin Airlift dies
Pilot Gail S. Halvorsen used his own candy ration to regularly drop sweet treats for children, using handkerchiefs as parachutes to carry the to the ground.
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