"The Candy Bomber" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Feb 2023 2:55 p.m. PST |
Rest in peace, Colonel Gail S. Halvorsen, U.S. World War II pilot. Following the war, Halvorsen was part of the air force tasked to drop food to starving German citizens. He went the extra mile by dropping candy to the children. For this, he was given the nickname "The Candy Bomber" and became world-famous. Learn more about his amazing life and legacy – as well as his gravestone… Billiongraves: link (His wife was a distant cousin of mine on my biological mother's side – small world!) |
| JMcCarroll | 06 Feb 2023 3:11 p.m. PST |
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35thOVI  | 06 Feb 2023 3:54 p.m. PST |
I met him and Capt. Robert Morgan of the Memphis Belle on the same day. Both gone now. Nice men. 🫡 |
| 79thPA | 06 Feb 2023 7:28 p.m. PST |
There is a blurb about him in the Berlin Airlift section of the Museum of the US Airforce at Wright Patterson. |
| rmaker | 06 Feb 2023 8:26 p.m. PST |
The Smithsonian Air & Space Annex has a diorama of German kids climbing a tree to get a parachute with a candy package. |
 Old Contemptible | 06 Feb 2023 11:19 p.m. PST |
I wrote an article about the Candy Bombers for the museum newsletter many years ago. Great story. I wrote a script about the Berlin Airlift for our Cold War wing. |
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