Gail Halvorsen, AKA "Uncle Wiggly Wings"
The Berlin Airlift of 1948-49 is one of the most famous movements of food in modern history. "Operation Vittles," at its peak, saw the US Air Force and RAF flying up to 5000 tons of basic supplies per day into West Berlin, which had been blockaded by Soviet forces in an effort to starve the city into submission. But one of the lesser-known parts of the airlift was started by one pilot, Lt. Gail Halvorsen, who decided that the children of blockaded Berlin needed more than just basic supplies; they needed candy. As mental_floss writes:
The delectable airdrops soon became famous, and turned into the official "Operation Little Vittles." Local children started calling him Der Schokoladenflieger (The Chocolate Pilot), and Onkel Wackelflugel (Uncle Wiggly Wings, since he would wobble his plane's wingtips as a signal that candy bombs were about to drop). It's a great story--you can read the whole thing over at mental_floss.
[via mental_floss]