The “Berlin Candy Bomber”

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  • Col. Gail Halvorsen, the "Berlin Candy Bomber," greets children at a barbed wire fence at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, 1948.
    Col. Gail Halvorsen, the “Berlin Candy Bomber,” greets children at a barbed wire fence at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, 1948.
  • Gail Halvorsen, in 1948, demonstrates how he delivered the candy 'bombs'
    Gail Halvorsen, in 1948, demonstrates how he delivered the candy ‘bombs’
  • Children look on as a plane flies overhead. In 1948, the U.S. reportedly delivered some 13,000 tons of cargo and took off more than 89,000 times, totaling more than 600,000 hours of flight.
    Children look on as a plane flies overhead. In 1948, the U.S. reportedly delivered some 13,000 tons of cargo and took off more than 89,000 times, totaling more than 600,000 hours of flight.
  • Col. Gail Halvorsen, the "Berlin Candy Bomber" demonstrates to two children how the candy parachutes work.
    Col. Gail Halvorsen, the “Berlin Candy Bomber” demonstrates to two children how the candy parachutes work.