Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky

Raven, Margot Theis.

Book 2002

The true 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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