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The Candy Bomber
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I'd no idea he was still with us as recently as that. Good life run for a good man.
My dad told me of this as a kid. His telling of it was as a lesson to appreciate what we had and to illustrate the generosity of our country's heroes.
Really nice to see the photos of the Colonel wearing his old Ike jacket with the RAF wings included, too. May he rest in peace.
My dad told me of this as a kid. His telling of it was as a lesson to appreciate what we had and to illustrate the generosity of our country's heroes.
Really nice to see the photos of the Colonel wearing his old Ike jacket with the RAF wings included, too. May he rest in peace.
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If I remember correctly they show throwing candy out in the 1950 film "The Big Lift" about the Berlin airlift. Been ages since I last saw it.
Hope he was able to enjoy his senior years with no health issues.
Hope he was able to enjoy his senior years with no health issues.
Trevor Triumph
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I think I saw part of the Berlin airlift on a TV show called "Air Power." I think that was about 1956 or so.
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Gail's Story - The Candy Bomber Foundation
www.thecandybomber.org
Some period footage in this announcement:
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The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation goes around the country flying a C-54 airplane reinacting Candy Bomber drops. I was privileged to attend one such drop and to help host an appearance of another at my local airport through a flying club to which I belong. The plane, the "Spirit of Freedom", is a flying museum. I was also privileged to listen to Col. Gail Halvorsen speak to a group of local school kids by phone while they were attending our event. They (nor I) could believe we were actually speaking with Col. Halvorsen "live" but we were. One of the kids had asked Tim Chopp, the pilot and head of the Foundation a question Tim could not answer. Typical of Tim, he simply pulled out his cell phone, called Col. Halvorsen and put him on speaker. What an experience!
Col. Halvorsen requested in lieu of flowers, people consider making a donation to the Berlin airlift Historical Foundation via their website: www.spiritoffreedom.org.
Col. Halvorsen requested in lieu of flowers, people consider making a donation to the Berlin airlift Historical Foundation via their website: www.spiritoffreedom.org.