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.
Colonel Halvorsen purchased this 35mm camera at the Rhein-Main AB Base Exchange in July 1948 during the airlift.
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