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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Current items with a signature of Gail Halvorsen
These are the most current items with a signature of Gail Halvorsen that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Berlin Airlift Signed Gail Halvorsen Candy Bomber C-54 Cohen 141/1000 | $75.00 |  |
| Berlin Airlift Signed Gail Halvorsen Candy Bomber C-54 Cohen 141/1000 | $75.00 | |
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 (7) was February 2022 with an average selling price of $44.96 for an autographed item of Gail Halvorsen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with $90.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.66 was June 2022. In average, an autographed item from Gail Halvorsen is worth $12.96.
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 Index Card - WWII Pilot - "Berlin Candy Bomber" | $31.25 |  |
| Gail Halvorsen Hand Signed Index Card - WWII Pilot - "Berlin Candy Bomber" | $31.25 | |
| Gail Halvorsen Hand Signed Index Card - WWII Pilot - "Berlin Candy Bomber" | $31.25 | |
| Gail Halvorsen Hand Signed Index Card - WWII Pilot - "Berlin Candy Bomber" | $31.25 | |
| GAIL HALVORSEN USAF “Candy Bomber” WWII Signed Autographed Index Card | $6.99 | |
| GAIL HALVORSEN USAF “Candy Bomber” WWII Signed Autographed Index Card | $6.99 | |
 | Gail Halvorsen WW2 "Berlin Candy Bomber" Signed Cover DC4531 | $36.99 | |
| Gail Halvorsen WW2 "Berlin Candy Bomber" Signed Cover DC4531 | $36.99 | |
| Gail Halvorsen WW2 "Berlin Candy Bomber" Signed Photo | $41.00 | |
| Gail Halvorsen WW2 "Berlin Candy Bomber" Signed Photo | $41.00 | |
 | ORIGINAL GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED BERLIN AIRLIFT PHOTO CANDY BOMBER | $49.99 | |
| ORIGINAL GAIL HALVORSEN SIGNED BERLIN AIRLIFT PHOTO CANDY BOMBER | $49.99 | |
| The Berlin Candy Bomber by Gail Halvorsen 1997 PB Signed *VG* WWII | $69.99 | |
 | The Berlin Candy Bomber by Gail Halvorsen 1997 PB Signed WWII Autographed | $75.00 | |
| The Berlin Candy Bomber by Gail Halvorsen 1997 PB Signed WWII Autographed | $75.00 | |
