Gail Halvorsen: United States Air Force pilot
Colonel Gail Seymour Hal Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was an American career officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force.
He was well known as the original Candy Bomber or the "Rosinenbomber" in Germany and a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. He piloted C-47s and C-54s during the Berlin airlift ("Operation Vittles") from 1948–1949.
Halvorsen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. In October 2020, he turned 100. Halvoersen died at a hospital in Provo, Utah on February 16, 2022 from respiratory failure at the age of 101.
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