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Title: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Cthulhu on June 26, 2014, 05:07:40 PM: What a great guy.

http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-gail-halvorsen-the-berlin-candy-bomber.htm (http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-gail-halvorsen-the-berlin-candy-bomber.htm)
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Brooke on June 26, 2014, 10:56:15 PM: That is a great post. <S>
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Kermit de frog on June 26, 2014, 11:15:21 PM: Thanks for posting this piece of history.
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Devil 505 on June 26, 2014, 11:34:44 PM: Fantastic interview. :salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Nefarious on June 26, 2014, 11:50:05 PM: Shared it on my FB page. <S>
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Oldman731 on June 27, 2014, 07:56:56 AM: Very nice, thank you.

If you haven't read it yet, you'll enjoy Leon Uris' novel, "Armageddon."

- oldman
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Slate on June 27, 2014, 08:45:18 AM: One of the great results from the people of a free nation, compassion for your enemy. Not many Nations in history have given back the territory it has captured and repairs the damage it's bombs have done.

:salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Harppa on June 27, 2014, 09:05:21 AM: They didn't mention his single trip to the eastern side of Berlin to drop candies there as well. That single gesture of good will made russkies complain, and that was the end of Candy bombings.

Politics is evil !
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Cthulhu on June 27, 2014, 10:18:15 AM: Glad you guys enjoyed it. :salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Cthulhu on June 27, 2014, 10:35:12 AM: Quote from: Harppa on June 27, 2014, 09:05:21 AM
They didn't mention his single trip to the eastern side of Berlin to drop candies there as well. That single gesture of good will made russkies complain, and that was the end of Candy bombings.

Politics is evil !

Harppa, can you elaborate on that? Tell us about that trip please.
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Harppa on June 27, 2014, 11:11:51 AM: Nothing much to tell that about. I remember reading this story long ago. East Berlin kids got to know somehow, the Western kids have a candy airlift going on. The word was spread to the pilots, and this hero pilot decided to make a drop on the park on eastern side. russky generals got quite mad about this, and accused allies about everything. So, to keep things as calm as possible, allied authority ordered Candy bombings to be halted
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Mickey1992 on June 27, 2014, 12:17:43 PM: My next online alias will be Onkel Wackelflügel.
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Masherbrum on June 28, 2014, 10:36:04 AM: Shared on FB as well. What a fantastic read! :rock
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: GScholz on June 28, 2014, 11:38:26 AM: Awesome! :salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: craz07 on June 28, 2014, 01:18:23 PM: This guy is a champ
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Scherf on June 29, 2014, 06:01:20 AM: Yeah, that guy is pure class. Love that story.
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Hajo on June 29, 2014, 11:50:16 AM: Fantastic story. Put a huge smile on my face. Kindness to the Nth degree.
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on June 30, 2014, 06:12:03 PM: Thank you for posting this.

:salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: Nypsy on July 09, 2014, 11:27:40 AM: I just got around to reading his story, well worth the read!
:aok :salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: DubiousKB on July 09, 2014, 11:52:56 AM: Very uplifting story. From the horror that is war, we see compassion equally powerful. Good on you sir, good on you! :salute
Title: Re: Great story about the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift
Post by: FLOOB on July 09, 2014, 06:30:33 PM: The whole candy bombing thing was a complete failure. All of the bombs failed to explode.