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Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin Airlift and candy that dropped from the sky
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Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin Airlift and candy that dropped from the sky
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The story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
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Authors
Raven, Margot Theis
Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert van.
Subjects
Halvorsen, Gail S.
Simon, Mercedes.
United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command--Biography.
Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography.
Girls--Germany--Berlin--Biography.
Air pilots, Military.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
Berlin (Germany)--History--Blockade, 1948-1949.
Germany--History--1945-1955.
Language
English