MILITARY PERSONNEL

Gail Halvorsen

1920 - 2022

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Gail Halvorsen is the 1,966th most popular military personnel (down from 1,928th in 2024), the 10,985th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,490th in 2019) and the 170th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gail Halvorsen ranks 1,966 out of 2,058. Before him are Igor Kirillov, Thomas C. Hart, Zebulon Pike, Viktor Sokolov, John Sedgwick, and John C. Pemberton. After him are Henry Wirz, Comandanta Ramona, Abbas Nilforoushan, Lewis Armistead, Aleksandr Moiseyev, and Leonid Khabarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gail Halvorsen ranks 418. Before him are G. D. Spradlin, Usha Mehta, J. J. C. Smart, Marguerite Higgins, Philippa Pearce, and Keith Andes. After him are Bai Yang, Keith Andrews, James Aloysius Hickey, Julio Bolbochán, Sammy Lee, and Joyce King. Among people deceased in 2022, Gail Halvorsen ranks 584. Before him are Larry Storch, Yvan Colonna, Faouzi Mansouri, Patricia A. McKillip, António Lima Pereira, and Volodymyr Vakulenko. After him are Leslie Jordan, Andrés Prieto, Ingemar Erlandsson, Vic Elford, Neal Adams, and András Törőcsik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gail Halvorsen ranks 10,987 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Wolheim (1880), Alphonzo Bell (1875), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), Benji Madden (1979), Ed Thigpen (1930), and Tom DeLonge (1975). After him are Zach Grenier (1954), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Cynthia Lummis (1954), Samuel Chase (1741), Jason Mraz (1977), and Red Amick (1929).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Gail Halvorsen ranks 170. Before him are Lewis H. Brereton (1890), Nathaniel Lyon (1818), Thomas C. Hart (1877), Zebulon Pike (1779), John Sedgwick (1813), and John C. Pemberton (1814). After him are Lewis Armistead (1817), David Dixon Porter (1813), Stephen Decatur (1779), John Schofield (1831), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), and George Henry Thomas (1816).

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