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WWII - B-24 Pilot who flew 35 missions ion Europe
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Astronaut STS-29 40
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Flying Tigers-crew chief
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(Born 1943) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, a Legion of Merit, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Flying Tigers-armorer
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Astronaut sts-43 52 68 81
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One of the pilots who took part in the mission during WWII to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto's aircraft
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(Born 1939) US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 2 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart
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WWII - Fighter Ace USAAF, 5 victories (3 on Jan. 14, 1945); 8th Air Force, 357th Fighter Group, 354th Fighter Squadron. 'The Yoxford Boys', stationed in England
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WWII fighter ace - 10 Kills - USAAF - DSC
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Chief Concorde Pilot
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Canadian WWII Fighter Ace - R.C.A.F.'s top night fighter and the second highest scoring Canadian fighter pilot of WWII; also a 'V1 Ace'
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WWII Ace--[5 victories]- Was one of the Pilots who shot down Japanese Admiral Yamamoto's airplane during WWII
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WW2 air ace - 6 Kills - US Navy
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Paratrooper involved in 'Operation Dragoon' during WW2. born on 09/01/1924
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P-47 and P-51 Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 325th Fighter Group
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German pilot
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WWII Pilot Ace-5, USAAF
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Colonel pilot of Air Force One for Presidents Bush I and Clinton
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Astronaut lss-19 tma 14
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Flight (aviator)
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NASA test pilot - He flies a number of Gulfstream III variants along with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP and the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory
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Former NASA pilot - flew DC-8 airborne lab. USAF - B-52, U2
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Australian WWII ace
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Pilot
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Flight (astronaut) sts-51f
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NASA Dryden Pilot
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August 27, 1918- March 20, 2008) was an American aviatrix who became the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Force jet aircraft as a test pilot during WWII as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program/WASP
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WASP/First American woman to fly a United States Army Air Forces jet aircraft when she flew the Bell YP-59A jet fighter at Wright Field as a test pilot during World War II
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Adolf Hitler's Pilot during Hitler's political campaign of the 1930s
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(Born 1925) US Merchant Marine/Army/Air Force WW2 and Vietnam Veteran. Merchant Marine 1943 to 1944, US Army from 1944 to 1946, US Air Force 1951 to 1974
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Bombardier,for 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
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Test pilot XF-84H
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Experienced fighter pilot WW2
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On D-Day, June 6, 1944, 73,000 American forces descended on the beaches of Normandy. Bearden was a 21-year-old sergeant in the Army's 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Wrote; 'To D-Day and Back'
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Former German helicopter engineer, West German Border Guard, born 1942, Munich massacre 1972
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US engineer, born 1930. Worked for McDonnell Aircraft on the NASA Mercury and Gemini missions
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AP photographer photographed burning airship Hindenburg 15 pics, from 1st flare-up, rescue of survivors & picture of Lou Gehrig wiping away a tear as the fatally ill first baseman bade farewell to Yankee teammates & fans at Yankee Stadium
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USAF Jet fighter Ace during the Korean War--[5 Migs shot down]! fle the p-80, f-86, f-89, f-84, f-104, t-33, t-28, t-6
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-10.5 Kills) US Navy, VF-17
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Test pilot, F-35, F-117 and F-22 Raptor
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Rocket Scientest on Werhner von Braun's Team at Fort Bliss Texas, 1946/Operation Paperclip was code name for 1945 Office of Strategic Services, Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency recruitment of German scientists from Nazi Germany to US after VE Day
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German Avatarix
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Defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 with a MiG-25 Foxbat
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Test pilot
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P-47 and XF-91 test pilot
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US Geologist, born 1938. Grumman Aerospace (1968-72), worked on the team that developed the Apollo lunar module landing feet 'pods'
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Flies the only flying Gee Bee R-2
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German Luftwaffe ace of WWII, 93 victories
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Pilot
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Second last surviving adult crewman (an engine mechanic) of the Hindenburg's 1937 crash (1909-2003)
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Commanding Officer and flight leader for the Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
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WWII veteran; 101st Airborne, Original Band of Brothers. Note: He isn't the author of that book mentioned - these were 'Will Bill' Guarnere and 'Babe' Heffron: http://www.amazon.de/Brothers-Battle-Friends-William-Guarnere/dp/0425224368
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (9 Kills) US Navy, VF-15 'Satan's Playmates'
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, US Navy, VF-29, flew the n25, snj, f4f wildcat, corsair, and f6f hellcat
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Bocks Car Crew, RCM Observer, WW II, Nagasaki
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WWII Fighter Ace (9 Kills) - Ace in a Day - Flew P-51's - USAAF, 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, 8th Air Force (Europe)
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American Businessman and Aerospace Engineer
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Tuskegee Airmen, flew the b-25, b-29, b-52, b-24, b-50, b-17, b-47
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US WWII Army bomber pilot/OSS vet, born 1923.14 missions in Europe, then transferred to an OSS cover unit in Italy. Dropped OSS agents and spies in various areas, including flights turned down by the RAF as too risky. Still flying at 97
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Flight (scientist) von braun rocket team
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WW2 fighter ace - 5 Kills - US Navy
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Australian Aviation Pioneer
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Test pilot
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Leading canadian ace in WW1. shot down 72 planes
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Jerry Bishop (2)Vietnam veteran. Flew Boeing B-52 Bomber planes and survived over 100 combat missions
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)Flew the b-24
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(Born 1933) Air Force Korean War Veteran. K2 Korea
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Aviator test pilot during the Korean War
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Bill Blackburn (2)
Flying Tiger-crew chief -
WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5 Kills) US Navy, VF-2/10
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WWII Pilot Ace-- Flew Spifires and Mustangs-[14.5 victories]
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Fighter Pilot Ace during WWII[flew the P-51 Mustang]
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Federal Aviation Administrator (2002-present)
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(Born 1921) USAAF WW2 Veteran. 487th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group in England from July 1943 to August 1945
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Ww 2 air ace '10 Vic's' - USAAF - DSC
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U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team
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German Luftwaffe ace of WWII, 60 victories
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WW11 Pilot
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chief test pilot (b-1)
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Israeli flying ace, pilot
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German WWII Fighter Ace
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'Born 1913' Captain, fighter pilot, test pilot on the Me-163 and Squadron Commander of 2./JG 400.
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Astronaut - Former NASA Administrator
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Test pilot
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WW 2 fighter ace, 5 kills
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Former NASA pilot - F/A-18, F-15, F-15 ACTIVE, T-38, DC-8, T-34C, King Air, and Predator. Flew F/A-18 in the US Navy. Became VP in Boeing Corp. after leaving NASA
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Member of the famed ''Flying Tigers'' before and during WWII, a Major General, Ace (9 victories)
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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English Former Male British Royal Air Force Navigator Pilot During World War 2
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-8 victories, USAAF, 359 Fighter Group, 76 Fighter Squadron
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fighter air ace korean war
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American World War 2 Fighter Ace , 5 Vic - Navy Cross, flew the f6f hellcat, corsair, wildcat, cougar, panther, fury
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Co-founder with Bertrand Piccard of SolarImpulse Airplane-Businessman and pilot
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Survivor of US Airways Flight 1549, who was successfully ditched in the Hudson River adjacent to Manhattan six minutes after departing from LaGuardia Airport
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'Tuskegee Airmen' 'First Black Air Traffic Controller'
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Member of the famed''Black Sheep Squadro'' VMF-214
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Doolittle's Raiders crew #13 Navigator
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W W I I pilot, lawyer, Gov Clinton's Chief Of Staff, author
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member of pappy boyingtons Black sheep squardron
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Tuskegee Pilot, flew the p-40, p-47. p-51
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Early experimental research test pilot. Boyd is an engineering test pilot for NASA and USAF. F-111
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Aviator, f-16 program manager/ staff officer
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American Former Stunt Woman - Wing - Walker That Performed Numerous Aerial Stunts Between 1921-29 Including Automobile - Airplane Transfers, And Parachute Jumps
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(Born 1938) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, a Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart, and a Legion of Merit
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(Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 4 Silver Stars
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Royal Flying Corps in France during World War I/1921, Brearley founded West Australian Airways Ltd./ 1927, Brearley opened the Perth Flying School at Maylands
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Aviator
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Tuskegee Airmen, WW2
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WWII - WASP. Flew the P-38, P-51 and 18 more military and 6 civilian aircraft models
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Retired Air Force Test Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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W.A.S.P. Pilot. Flew PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-7, AT-11, C-78, B-25, B-26, SBD (A-24), SBC (A-25), and the P-47 towing target
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Rear Admiral
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NASA test pilot - high-altitude ER-2 Earth science aircraft and the C-20A, a modified Gulfstream III business jet that carries a sophisticated synthetic aperture radar on environmental science missions
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WWII: German Flying Ace, Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) Grünherz (Green Heart), 81 victories
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Pilot of the Pride of Detroit
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 13 victories, USAAF. 15th AF, 31st Fighter Group, 307th Fighter Squadron, based in San Severo, Italy. Test pilot after the war. Married singer Martha Tilton in 1953. Flew P-51, P-38, P-40, B-45, F-86 Sabre in Korea and F-100
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Flying Tiger-pilot and CAF flight instructor. The last surviving pilot of the Flying Tigers
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British former Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history
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P-38 Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 55th Fighter Group
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Tuskegee Airmen, Flew PT-17 Stearman, B-47, P-51 and F-80 Jet. Flew 20 different plane types
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American Female Flight Aviator - First Long - Distance Solar - Powered Flight. Flew A Tiny Experimental Solar - Powered Aircraft, 'Solar Challenger,' 6 miles In 22 Minutes Near Marana, Arizona. (Dec. 3, 1980)
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Larry Brown (6) Tuskegee Airmen
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Larry Brown (9) Tuskegee airman ww2. note this entry is not for the tuskegee airman, larry brown who was associated with the red tail project in minnesota. this person lives in texas and was still alive aged 93 in november of 2016
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WW2 Pilot Tuskegee Airmen, Born 1922, 100th FS & 332nd FG!
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US Navy Ace VF-27 10.5 Victories - WWII
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (12.5 WWII, 2 Korea, total=14.5 Kills) USAAF, 354 Fighter Group, 355 Fighter Squadron, 9AF - DSC
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2/7/1893-1978 Pioneer public relations with promotion of aviation/When WW1 began, Harry took pilot training @ Deseronto Airport with Canadian Royal Flying Corps, Squadron 84 at Camp Mohawk/Parents were sailing on RMS Lusitania when it sank
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WWII veteran, born 1925, B-29 navigator in the Army Air Corps. Enlisted in 1943, trained for 2 years, sent to Guam in June of 1945, flew a couple bombing missions. He was also sent to Tinian as a backup crew for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, though
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WW2 Ace - 15 Kills - USAAF - DSC
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'Commanding Officer Royal Air Force Pilot, Hawker Hunter F Mk.5, Northolt, Middlesex'
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(Born 1941) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. He was a POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars
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One of the Last Surviving Ground Crew Member from The Hindenburg Disaster. Born: 1920
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WW2 Luftwaffe Ace and Me262 pilot.
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Radio operator, 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Test pilot, of the 412th Test Wing
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Isham 'Rusty' Albert Burns Jr was born on July 24, 1925 and became a Tuskegee airman in the Second World War
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Australian Former Female Aviatrix. The First Woman To Parachute From An Aeroplane On Australian Soil (1937), And Held The Title Of Being The Youngest Female Pilot In Australia For 15 Years (1937-1952)
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Test pilot for McDonnell aircraft. First pilot to test fly F-15 in 1972
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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Test pilot D-558, X-4, X-5, M2F1
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(Born 1938) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 2 Legion of Merits, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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One of last surviving Tuskegee Airman born May 21st 1922/Sargent/Mechanic
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Russian Former Male Cosmonaut. Flew Three Manned Space Flights -- Vostok 5 (1963), Soyuz 22 (1976) & Soyuz 37 (1978)
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Naval admiral (1888-1957), first to fly over the North Pole and South Pole; recipient of Medal of Honor;
