Gail Halvorsen Autographs

Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He rose to fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949, for which he is was nicknamed "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings".
Halvorsen grew up in rural Utah and always had a desire to fly. He earned his private pilot's license in 1941 and then joined the Civil Air Patrol. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 and was assigned to Germany on July 10, 1948, to be a pilot for the Berlin Airlift. 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. Halvorsen began "Little Vittles" with no authorization from his superiors but over the next year became a national hero with support from all over the United States. Halvorsen's operation dropped over 23 tons of candy to the residents of Berlin. He became known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber", "Uncle Wiggly Wings", and "The Chocolate Flier".
Halvorsen received numerous awards for his role in "Operation Little Vittles", including the Congressional Gold Medal. However, "Little Vittles" was not the end of Halvorsen's military and humanitarian career. Over the next 25 years, Halvorsen advocated and performed candy drops in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Japan, Guam, and Iraq. Halvorsen's professional career included various notable positions. He helped to develop reusable manned spacecraft at the Directorate of Space and Technology and served as commander of Berlin Tempelhof Airport. He retired in August 1974 after logging over 8,000 flying hours. From 1976 until 1986, Halvorsen served as the Assistant Dean of Student Life at Brigham Young University (BYU).
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Traded items with a signature of Gail Halvorsen

The most expensive item with a signature of Gail Halvorsen (Gail Halvorsen Single-Signed OAL Baseball Uncle Wiggly Wings (PSA/DNA)) was sold in January 2022 for $149.00 while the cheapest item (GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE WORLD WAR 2 BERLIN AIRLIFT ORIG CANDY BOMBER) found a new owner for $0.59 in March 2016. The month with the most items sold (8) was July 2016 with an average selling price of $2.48 for an autographed item of Gail Halvorsen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2021 with $25.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.64 was August 2016. In average, an autographed item from Gail Halvorsen is worth $3.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Gail Halvorsen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	GAIL HALVORSEN HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO CANDY BOMBER AUTOGRAPH AUTHENTIC COA	$25.50
	GAIL HALVORSEN HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO CANDY BOMBER AUTOGRAPH AUTHENTIC COA	$25.50
	GAIL HALVORSEN HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO CANDY BOMBER AUTOGRAPH AUTHENTIC COA	$25.50
	GAIL HALVORSEN HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO CANDY BOMBER AUTOGRAPH AUTHENTIC COA	$25.50
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED 8X10 FAMOUS BERLIN AIRLIFT CANDY CANE BOMBER WORLD WAR II	$4.00
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED 8X10! WORLD WAR 2 BERLIN AIRLIFT CANDY BOMBER FLING ACE	$3.75
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED 8X10! WORLD WAR 2 BERLIN AIRLIFT CANDY BOMBER FLING ACE	$3.75
	Gail Halvorsen Signed Cut AUTO PSA/DNA Authentic	$22.50
	Gail Halvorsen Signed Cut AUTO PSA/DNA Authentic	$22.50
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED Q&A FAMOUS BERLIN AIRLIFT CANDY CANE BOMBER WORLD WAR II	$2.75
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED Q&A FAMOUS BERLIN AIRLIFT CANDY CANE BOMBER WORLD WAR II	$2.75
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED Q&A! KNOWN AS THE CANDY BOMBER FROM THE BERLIN AIRLIFT WW2	$10.00
	GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED Q&A! KNOWN AS THE CANDY BOMBER FROM THE BERLIN AIRLIFT WW2	$10.00
	SIGNED GAIL HALVORSEN FDC AUTOGRAPHED FIRST DAY COVER - BERLIN CANDY BOMBER WWII	$24.99
	SIGNED GAIL HALVORSEN FDC AUTOGRAPHED FIRST DAY COVER - BERLIN CANDY BOMBER WWII	$24.99