Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949. More about Gail Halvorsen
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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".In total, we tracked 99 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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 (6) was February 2022 with an average selling price of $39.98 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 $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Gail Halvorsen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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GAIL HALVORSEN AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO WWII AIR FORCE PILOT CANDY BOMBER | $83.04 | ||
GAIL HALVORSEN AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO WWII AIR FORCE PILOT CANDY BOMBER #3 | $88.64 | ||
Gail Halvorsen Hand Signed 6x4 Inch Photo WW2 Candy Bomber | $9.62 | ||
GAIL HALVORSEN Hand Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo - WWII BERLIN CANDY BOMBER | $1.80 | ||
GAIL HALVORSEN Hand Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo - WWII BERLIN CANDY BOMBER | $1.52 | ||
Gail Halvorsen Hand Signed Cut Signature GOE Litho C-54 Skymaster Candy Bomber 2 | $9.95 | ||
Gail Halvorsen Hand Signed Cut Signature GOE Lithograph (d) Candy Bomber | $10.95 | ||
Gail Halvorsen signed Candy Bomber Germany WW II Militaryy Rare COA LOOK! | $49.99 | ||
GAIL HALVORSEN WWII WAR HERO CANDY BOMBER SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO USAF BECKETT COA BAS | $89.99 | ||
WWII PILOT GAIL HALVORSEN BERLIN CANDY BOMBER SIGNED WAR BONDS POSTER | $25.00 |