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COLD WAR 27/13
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Transcript of interview with US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen ('the Candy Bomber'), 1995
Date(s)
- 1995 Dec 18 (Creation)
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32pp
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Typescript transcript of interview with Gail Halvorsen, USAAF pilot, 1941-[1950], relating to Halvorsen's USAAF service during World War Two, 1941-1945; the operational use of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the reaction of the German civilians to the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the use of Ground Control Approach Radar at Tempelhof airport, West Berlin, 1948-1949; the transportation of flour, coal and gasoline into West Berlin, 1948-1949. 32pp
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