- Born
- October 10, 1920
- Died
- February 16, 2022 (aged 101)
- Known as
- military aviator, aircraft pilot
Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He rose to fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949, for which he was nicknamed "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings".
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