Gail Halvorsen
Personal Info

Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Date of Birth
1920-10-10 (105 Years old)

Date of Death
2022-02-16

Gail Halvorsen

Biography

Gail Seymour Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 - February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949

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