Retired COL Gail S. Halvorsen, left, and retired LTC James R. Spataforda stand beside a C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Halvorsen and Spataforda both flew during the Berlin Airlift, during which Halvorsen acquired the nickname of the "Rosinen (raisin) Bomber" for his practice of dropping candy to children who were lined up to watch aircraft landing at Tempelhof
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: West Berlin
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.
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Date
23/06/1988
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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