He defied the Soviets, and his superiors, with sweets. In 1948, the USSR had lower off Berlin from Western Europe. So a US pilot got here up with an ingenious thought to assist feed the folks of Berlin. Gail Hoverton, then a 27-year-old lieutenant, flew every day missions to drop meals and different provides as a part of Operation Vittles. However Hoverton, who’d already began handing out sweet and gum to kids he might attain on the bottom, added handkerchief parachutes delivering sweet to his airdrops. He quickly grew to become generally known as the “Sweet Bomber”.
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