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Candy bomber : the story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" / Michael O. Tunnell.

Summary:

"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--dust jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1580893368
  • ISBN: 1580893376
  • ISBN: 9781580893367
  • ISBN: 9781580893374
  • Physical Description: ix, 110 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, Mass. : Charlesbridge, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index.
Target Audience Note:
1130L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.2 2 137463.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject: Halvorsen, Gail S., 1920-2022 > Juvenile literature.
United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command > Biography.
United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography.
Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Berlin (Germany) > History > Blockade, 1948-1949 > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.

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