Gail Halvorsen
United States Air Force pilot (1920–2022)
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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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- Hessian Order of Merit
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Congressional Gold Medal
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