K-2B Flying Coveralls

Description

Colonel Gail S. Halvorsen was a C-47 and C-54 pilot during the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949) who is best known for dropping candy from his airplane for German children.

He wore these K-2B flying coveralls while commander of the Satellite Tracking Station at Vandenberg AFB, California, from 1969 to 1970 and while commander at Tempelhof AB, Germany. The coveralls have a hand-lettered white and black fabric nametape and an embroidered command pilot aviation badge.

Filed In:
Era: Cold War, Berlin Airlift
Clothing & Insignia: Flying Suits
Location: On Display
Special Collection: Col. Gail S. Halvorsen
Accession #:
2008-3242-0003-0001
Museum Location:
Berlin Airlift exhibit
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Disclaimer

Every artifact in the Air Mobility Command Museum, including this one, is part of the United States Air Force Heritage Program. We are not able to loan or sell artifacts in the museum's collection.

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