Candy Bomber

Candy Bomber

The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

by Michael O. Tunnell
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Trade Paperback, 110 pages
Price: $9.95

After World War II, the United States and Britain airlifted food and supplies into Russian-blockaded West Berlin. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering, but what could one man do? Lt. Halvorsen began dropping candy that floated down to the kids by parachute. Michael O. Tunnell tells an inspiring tale of candy and courage, illustrated with Lt Halvorsens personal photographs, as well as letters and drawings from the children of Berlin to their beloved Uncle Wiggly Wings.

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