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Colonel Gail Seymour "Hal" Halvorsen ( born October 10, 1920) is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" he gained fame for dropping candy, contained within miniature parachutes, to German children in Berlin during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949. ( thanks to Andrew@OxfordPart2 for re enactor photo ( not Gall Seymour ) and geheugen.delpher.nl for background photo ) |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by saudekjan at https://flickr.com/photos/156515782@N02/49708045172. It was reviewed on 24 July 2022 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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