Bombs away: Childress students create ‘Uncle Wiggly Wings’ parachutes

fter learning about Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen, also known as the Berlin Candy Bomber or Uncle Wiggly Wings, a senior officer and command pilot in the United State Air Force who gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948-1949, Childress Elementary School students in Bergan Fairchild’s class create their own candy parachutes....

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