'Candy Bomber' from Berlin Airlift Gail Halvorsen dies at 101
Gail Halvorsen, a former US airman known as the “Candy Bomber” for delivering sweets to children during the Berlin Airlift, died on Wednesday at the age of 101. The Gail S Halvorsen Aviation Education Foundation confirmed the veteran’s death in a statement on Thursday. The foundation said he passed away peacefully and surrounded by family … Read more