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Who is Gail Halvorsen?

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Colonel Gail Halvorsen (born October 10, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former American pilot of C-47s and C-54s during the Berlin airlift ("Operation Vittles") 1948-1949. Halvorsen is most famous for being the original Candy Bomber.

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Man behind the handkerchief parachute holding candy, aka Candy Bomber, pilot Berlin Air Lift,

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