01576cam a2200349 4500 10186645 TxGeo 20020325120000.0 020225s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781585360697 1585360694 (OCoLC)49276441 DLC DLC TxGeo Raven, Margot Theis. Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin Airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky / by Margot Theis Raven ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen. Chelsea, Mich : Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. 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. 20031106. Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee, 2003-2004. Halvorsen, Gail S. Simon, Mercedes. United States Air Force Military Airlift Command Air pilots, Military United States Biography. Girls Germany Berlin Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Germany. Berlin (Germany) History Blockade, 1948-1949. Germany History 1945-1955. Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee 2003-2004. Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert van. QS5