Gail Halvorsen, the Berlin Airlift Candy Bomber, dies aged 101

On February 16, Gail Seymour Halvorsen passed away at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah; he was 101 years old. He is best remembered for his humanitarian feats during the Berlin Airlift in 1948–49. Dropping sweets tied to handkerchief parachutes from his C-54 transport to children in the

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Grant Newman Mon, 28 Feb 2022

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