USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Halvorsen piloted C-47s and C-54s during the Berlin airlift ("Operation Vittles"). During that time he founded “Operation Little Vittles", an effort to raise morale in Berlin by dropping candy via miniature parachute to the city’s residents.

Detailed explanation-2: -Operation Little Vittles was a goodwill mission to drop candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949 and was headquartered in Chicopee, Massachusetts. This scrapbook is a record of the Operation Little Vittles Committee and provides information about the group of volunteers who were involved.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lt. Gail Halvorsen, known as the “Candy Bomber, ” greets children of isolated West Berlin sometime during 1948-49 after dropping candy bars from the air on tiny parachutes. He would rock the wings of his aircraft during his airlift missions to signal to the children which plane was carrying the chocolate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gail S. Halvorsen, a U.S. military pilot known as the “Candy Bomber” who, during the Cold War, dropped sweets from his plane to German children in West Berlin, passed away on February 16 at age 101, report Colleen Slevin and Kirsten Grieshaber for the Associated Press (AP).

Detailed explanation-5: -Operation Vittles transported more than 2.3 million tons of supplies and 227, 655 passengers. U.S. aircraft carried more than 1.7 million tons and 62, 749 passengers. Contributing 108 C–47s, 225 C–54s, five C–82s, one C–74, and one YC–97, the U.S. Air Force provided most of the aircraft for Operation Vittles.