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Flight (scientist)
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WWII Japan Pilot that bombed Pearl Harbor
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Ww 2 air ace
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Expert in jet engine performance, measurement uncertainty analysis and Weibull analysis. Dr. Bob holds a patent on a feature of the J58 Pratt & Whitney engine that powers the worldâ-?s fastest aircraft; recover bleed air system
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director of the space shuttle program
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Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group!
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Battle of Britain Pilot
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Aerobatic
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French WWII fighter ace, 23 victories moved to the US after the war
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'Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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Co-pilot on a B-29 that accompanied the Enola Gay, also the Bockscar's navigator for the Nagasaki bombing, WWII
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WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen; B-25 Bomber Pilot (flew the b-25, pt-17, bt-13, and at-10, b-10
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Flight (scientist)
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Highly decorated combat ace of World War II (born 1912-)
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Bryan Allen (2)Pilot, First Human-Powered Aircraft Flight
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Astronaut: STS-5, STS-51A
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WWII Ace (5 kills) 5th September 1944 - Destroyed 5 aircraft, to become 'An Ace in a Day' - USAAF
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(1900-1985) was a United States aircraft businessman and the President of the Boeing Company from 1945-1970. While President of Boeing, numerous planes of renown today were launched, among them the Boeing 727, 737, and 747
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'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Flight (aviator)
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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Astronaut sts-90 106 109 125
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
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St. Maartener businessman, owner of AVA Air airlines
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WWII Ace - 5.5 Victories - USAAF
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WWII fighter ace (5 kills) flew the f6f-hellcat, f4-u corsair
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Flying Tiger-crew chief, named Jacobson in 1941-42
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WWII - Fighter Ace, USAAF, 17 Kills victories. 8th Air Force, 357th Fighter Group, 363rd Fighter Squadron('The Yoxford Boys'), stationed in UK
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Second officer on the D.B. Cooper flight in 1971
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Flight (aviator)
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Sweden´s Only Fighter Ace
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WWII - Air Ace USAAF - 6 victories; CBI (China-Burma-India) Theater, 530th Fighting Squadron, 311 Fighter Group. Also flew missions in Korea. Later operations staff officer with the Atomic Energy Division
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Swedispilot born 1918, was shot down and injured by Sovjet, while searching for a missing swedish plane
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Pilot
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Tuskegee airmen ace WW 2
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Astronaut mse astronaut
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Author, motivational speaker and former United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African - American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps and the first African American female combat pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, USAAF, 354 Fighter Group, 356 Fighter Squadron
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Ascani, a retired Air Force major general, flew an F-86 Sabre jet at 628.698 mph at the National Air Races in Detroit in 1951. He later oversaw development of a supersonic bomber. Fred J. Ascani, a retired Air Force major general and former test pilot at
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (10 Kills) USAAF, 49 Fighter Group, 7/8 FS, 5AF - DSC
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Robert Ashby (2)Tuskegee Airman pilot from WW2; Class of 45-H-TE, graduated in 11/20/1945
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pilot and race car driver
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weaponeer on Bockscar WWII
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World War II Canadian Ace
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Canadian WWII Fighter Ace
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Aerospace research Test Pilot. Col., USAF, Ret.; Bachelor of Sciene in Chem,, University of Virginia, 1959; Master of Science in Engineering Administration, unsuccessful application NASA astronaut group 3; 1963 as military astronaut - class-3 selected
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Israeli Ace Fighter Pilot from the Arab-Israli war. Combination of four Egyptian planes in 1948 & two German planes in WW2 makes him a Flying Ace
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Madame Jacqueline Auriol (November 5, 1917-February 11, 2000) was a French aviatrix who set numerous world speed records. Auriol became one of the first female test pilots after earning her military pilot license in 1950
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WWII Flying Ace (5 Victories); 506th Fighter Group - 457th Fighter Squadron; Iwo Jima, Osaka, Tokyo. Called 'The Last Fighter Ace of WWII' Age 97
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American WWII Fighter Ace (6 Victs.)- USMC - Navy Cross
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Woman Pilot first woman to fly a B-29, in 1944
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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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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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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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Australian WWII ace
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Pilot
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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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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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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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Tuskegee Airmen, flew the b-25, b-29, b-52, b-24, b-50, b-17, b-47
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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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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)Flew the b-24
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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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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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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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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
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Rear Admiral
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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 and F-86 Sabre in Korea
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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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Harold Brown (2)
Tuskegee Airmen -
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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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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The first Australian woman to parachute from an aeroplane on Australian soil
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Flight aviator
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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Test pilot D-558, X-4, X-5, M2F1
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Russian Cosmonaut/flew three manned space flights -- Vostok 5, Soyuz 22 & Soyuz 37
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Naval admiral (1888-1957), first to fly over the North Pole and South Pole; recipient of Medal of Honor;
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Mercury 13 Female Candidate & Aviator
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WWII Flying Tigers Ground Crew
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Doolittle Raiders 'Navigator crew #13'
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Kim Campbell (2)Pilot of U.S. Air Force, awarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross for action in aerial combat after flying a mission over Baghdad/Iraq
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Air Demonstration Squadron
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Col USAF (RET) WWII 6 Victory Ace, 479th fighter group
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St. Lt. 339th Fighter Squadron; Yamamoto Mission April 18th 1943 flew the p-40, p-39, p-38, p-43, p-51, p-80, t-33 and 56 others
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WW2 Pilot
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WWII: 506th Bomb Squadron, S 44th Bomb Group, 8th AF; shot down, became a POW. On Oct. 14th, 1947, he flew the B-29 carrying the X-1 in which Gen. Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound. 2months later he began flight test work with the YB-49 Flying Wing
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First USMC Ace during WWII--[18 victories]
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B-24 Liberator Pilot/32 missions w/747 Squadron/456 Bomber Group/Noted Aviation Artist
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Tail Gunner 'Enola Gay'
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ace (WW2)
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Lieutenant General William Keir 'Bill' Carr, CMM, DFC, OStJ, CD (born March 19, 1923) is a retired Canadian Air Force officer. As the first commander of Air Command, he has been described as the father of the modern Canadian Air Force
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Ann Shaw Carter holds the distinction of being Whirly Girl #2. She was the first woman in the United States licensed to fly a helicopter. She flew, among others, the Bell 47B, the world?s first commercially certified helicopter. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ann
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Tuskegee Airman
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youngest female to fly a plane across america
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Early Birds of Aviation Member/Soloed 1911
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Flight aviator, chief test pilot Boeing
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Retired 4 star USAF General. Former commander of Strategic Air Command. Flew final flight of continuous airborne Operation Looking Glass
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Flight aviator, NACA test pilot
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Air force general
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WWII American Fighter - Ace (9 Victs.)- USAAF
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JFK - Air Force One flight engineer 1961-1980; served for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Chappel was in Dallas on 22 November 1963
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Lead Air Crash Investigator in the Lockerbie Bombing on board Pan Am Flight 103 that occurred December 21st 1988
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Brig. Gen. E. Daniel Cherry is commander, U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service, and deputy chief of staff for recruiting service and commissioning programs, Headquarters Air Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. currently retired
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U.S. Marine Corps officer, first American who received the British Distinquished Flying Cross since World War II on March 21, 2007. Major of the USMC
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Flight aviator or test pilot on F-100/F-107/F-108/YF-12/XP-86/P-80/P-59/P-40/A-36/P-47/FW-190/ME-262/A6M - ZERO/KI-45
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WWII Pilot Ace- Part of the famous ''Zemke's Wolfpack''--[21 victories]
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Flying Tigers-armorer
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WWII veteran, B-17 bomber pilot, born 1923. Professor Emeritus, U of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering. Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame
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WW2 fighter ace - 7 Kills - US Navy - Navy Cross
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Ground crew for many early blimps including Akron and Hindenburg
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US fortieth and last Fighter Jet Ace of the Korean War. Flew F-80s, F-84s, F-86s, F-100s, F-101s, F-4s and F-111s
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Retired American Air Force lieutenant general and flying ace, born November 13, 1927. Was commander of the Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. As of October 2019, only living American fighter ace of the Korean War
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WWII pilot - Battle of Britain
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German pilot
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Member of the Flying Tigers (AVG) WWII
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aviator
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He and Ross Perot Jr. on 30 September 1982, completed the 1st around-the-world helicopter flight when they landed Spirit of Texas at their starting point at Dallas, Texas
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Professional Speaker/1966, while flying combat missions over N. Vietnam, Captain Gerald Coffees reconnaissance jet was downed by enemy fire. He parachuted but was captured immediately & spent the next 7 years as a Prisoner of War in the Hanio Hilton
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Jimmy Doolittle's copilot in the first bomber to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on the famous Tokyo Raid/Doolittle Raiders
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Hindenburg Survivor Born: 04/18/1914
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WWII Fighter pilot. Flew P-47s and P-51s. 4-kills, including a German ME 262 jet fighter on 31 March 1945. 78th Fighter Group, ETO
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Test pilot
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A-12 pilot, CIA pilot
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American WWII Fighter Ace (6 Victs.)- USAAF
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'One of few Nurses to Tuskegee Airmen' 'Received Gold Medal from President Bush with Tuskegee Airmen'
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P-47 Thunderbolt Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 56th Fighter Group
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WW2 Flying Ace - USAAF - 12 Kills - DSC
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Goodyear Blimp Pilot
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'Brigadier General'
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Pilot
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George Cooper (2)X-4 test pilot
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419th FLTS project pilot
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KCB, CBE, DSO, MC 5/27/1887-1985) British Army officer & linguist. Lieutenant-General in charge of air defense of Great Britain. 1940 he went to France to help evacuate British troops from Cherbourg, boarding the last ship to leave port
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Test pilot! Named 1966 Pilot of the Year by the International Order of Characters, Cotton has been awarded a Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal and the Aerospace Walk of Honor (1997)
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Flew 193 miles in a lawn chair strapped to helium balloons (Bend, Oregon - 07/07/07)
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US Marine aviator, born 1936. Served as the recovery helicopter co-pilot for some early NASA Mercury flights, including first US man in space Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Ham the Chimp before the manned missions. Served in Vietnam also
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James Cox (2)LCDR - US NAVY Blue Angels
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Original Tuskegee Airmen, was one of the first African Americans in the country and the first from Arkansas to be trained by the federal government as a civilian licensed pilot. Born 01/13/1919
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Tuskegee Airmen, WWII
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Test Pilot
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Doolittle's Raiders crew #10 Navigator/Bombadier
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Daniel Crowley (2)WW2 Veteran-Bataan Death March
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace with the 357th fighter Squadron and 355th Fighter Group - 5 Kills - POW - USAAF - DSC
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World war 2 fighter ace- 7 Kills - USAAF, Born Jan 17, 1919
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '617th Bomber Squadron Pilot'
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WWII Australian Fighter Pilot Ace-5.66 (RAF) 260 Squadron
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worls war 2 air ace
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WW2 Marine Flying Ace
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Korean War Fighter Ace (5 kills)- USAF
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WW2 Fighting Flying Ace, 52nd FG - 14 Kills - USAAF - DSC
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Parachute jumper
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WW2 air ace - 9 Kills - USAAF. Flew P-38, P-80 and P-84
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WWII fighter Ace/ Watergate scandal figure - 15 Kills - USAAF - DSC
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pilot of the first liquid fuel rocket
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United Airlines pilot, flew United's last DC-8 flight in 1991
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Tuskegee Airmen
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British WWII Flying Ace credited with 17 victories
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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First pilot in the USA to fly a turbo-prop-powered airplane - Convair?s experimental XP-81 fighter, developed for the United States Air Force in 1945. He also flight tested the following aircraft types:- BT-13,BT-15,P-66,XP-54,XP-81,XA-41,A-31 and A-35
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5.5 Kills) USN, VF-18/36
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Commanded the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII Born 1912
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Baloon driver
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Air America Pilot
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Retired Air Force Colonel/Vietnam Veteran
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Tuskegee Airmen
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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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Tail gunner, 'Bockscar' (plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki..)
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WWI veteran. Oldest man in world. Born 1891. Lives in Puerto Rico
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Pilot
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Retired Captain of the Royal Air Force. The oldest surviving knight of the Military Order of William , and this the last of the Royal Air Force of World war 2. Born: 07/23/1914
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Former Tuskegee Airmen (Flew B-25 and T-6) & University Michigan football player; helped Michigan win 1948 Rose Bowl
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'Wife of Doolittle Raider Jacob Deshazer'
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Doolittle's Raiders 'Crew #16/Bat out of Hell' Bombadier' 'Missionary to Japan for 30 years after Doolittle Raid'
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WW2 Flying Ace, Age 92, '8 Victories' Silver Star-DFC with 3 Gold Stars, Air Medal with 4 Gold Stars!
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Flight aviator
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engineer of the memphis belle
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Leon & Mike Donnet took a Stampe SV4 aircraft under the noses of the German enemy in WW2 Belgium, repaired the plane & excaped occupied enemy territory. This done July 4th 1941. Later joined British Royal Air Force
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WWII Romanian Ace with 11 Victories
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Test pilot
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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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Colonel Air Force One Pilot for President Clinton and Bush II
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Mike Donnet & Leon Divoy in occupied German Belgium Territory, discovered damaged Stampe SV4 aircraft, repaired it & flew it to safty under the German enemy's noses on July 4th 1941. Later both joined the British Royal Air Force
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CMOH recipient, Famed WWII Air Commander
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John Doolittle (2)
Son of General Jimmy Doolittle -
Flying Tigers-clerk
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From November 25 to 26, 1981, Hélène Dorigny and Michel Arnould set a new hot-air balloon distance record of 717 miles (1154 km) while piloting their balloon, 'Semiramis.'
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Pioneer flight aviator
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WW2 P-47 Thunderbolt Flying Ace(Medals out the Wazoo)
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Eric Doyle (2)Commanding Officer and flight leader for the Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
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Author 'Life On a Short Fuse' /War or Conflict Korean War, 1950-1953 Air Force/Korea/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Lieutenant Colonel/Served as a Fighter Pilot; a Command Pilot; a Test Pilot; and an Instructor Pilot
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WW2, Battle of Britain pilot and ace in the RAF.
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Royal Navy Hot Air Balloon Co-Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen/Civilian Instructor 1942-1945
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German pilot
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P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[6 victories] Member of the 361st Fighter Group - Air Force Cross
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US Navy Flying Ace, VF-31 - 5 Kills
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Former U.S. General, U.S. Air Force
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Tuskegee Airmen; 99th Pursuit Squadron and 332nd Fighter Group; author of 'A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman'
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Flight aviator
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WWII German Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot Ace 5 victories flew the pik as, jg 53
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)
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US Navy Fighter 7 victory ace, WWII was the first F6F Hellcat pilot to down a Zero - Navy Cross
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 7 victories; Pacific Theater; US Navy, Navy Cross. One of the first F6F Hellcat nightfighter pilots
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WWII Pilot Ace-- Flew the P-40,47& 51-[9 victories]
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Flight engineer on United Flight 232
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African-American sculptor and former test pilot who was the first African American to be trained as an astronaut
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'Commanding Officer Royal Navy'
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Youngest woman to have traveled around the globe in a single-engine plane, completing the journey on July 11, 2014; named after legendary pilot Amelia Earhart
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World war 2 Fighter Ace - - 13 Kills -9th af mustang pilot, flew the p-51, p-80, l-5, c-47a, c-53, b-25, c-78, c-45, t-33, f-84g, rf-84f, b-17f
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Lockheed Test Pilot First pilot to fly the YF-12A Second pilot to fly the SR-71 Third pilot to fly the A-12 Chief test pilot during testing of Convair YB-58A Author of YF-12 flight Manual
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WASP, Flew the bt-19, p-47, p-39, p-40, p-51, p-63
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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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Tuskegee Airmen
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WWII US fighter pilot, Eagle Squadrons, 4th Fighter Group
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Commander 325 Fighter Wing
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German rocket-propulsion engineer & advocate for space colonization/He worked at Peenemünde as a propulsion engineer from 1942-1945, then to USA with other German rocket scientists & technicians under 'Operation Papercli
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Canadian commercial helicopter pilot. He is a 'pioneer in the development of high altitude winch rescue and mountain flying techniques'. He is Canada's first commercial helicopter pilot who was not previously a fixed-wing pilot
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'Tuskegee Airmen' one of their Aircraft Mechanics
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Mary Ellis (3) Last surviving female WW2 Spitfire pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Tuskegee airmen ww2
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Flight aviator
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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WWII-Pilot, Lt. USAF (Ret.), 366th Fighter Group, 391st Fighter Squadron
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World War 2, Iwo Jima vet, and P-51 pilot
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Former Israeli flying ace, pilot
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Test Pilot for the B-36
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WW2 WASP appointed Squadron Commander for the 6th Ferry Command/only woman during war to be awarded the Air Medal for her service/Flew medium-size bombers A-20, A-26 and B-25, the cargo craft DC-3, C-54 & mighty B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
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Night Fighter LTC
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(12/4/1918?7/23/2011 Academic/"Father of cryonics" from impact of his book The Prospect of Immortality/Considered pioneer transhumanist from his book Man into Superman. Founded Cryonics Institute & Immortalist Society/His body Cryopreserved
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Senior Vice President at Google, holds the World Record for highest Stratosphere jump
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WW2 Flying Ace, Eagle Squadron 121, 335th FS 4th Fighter Group, 359th Fighter Group - 6 Kills - USAAF
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Pilot
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Test Pilot
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WW2 Air Gunner manning a ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress/French President Francois Hollande had installed him as a chevalier, chevalier you know is a knight in that country's Legion of Honor
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Spanish Civil War flying ace
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Polish pilot who flew with the RAF 635, 639 and 303 squadrons during WWII. He lives in Canada
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John Farley (2) In 1963 Test Pilot on the RAE Aerodynamics Research Flight at Bedford. During this tour he flew all the UK research aircraft then flying. Flown over 80 different aircraft types, both fixed and rotary wing. 19 years of Harrier programme test flying.
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USMC Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of VMF-312
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Gay activist
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WWII - Fighter Ace, Pacific. 9 victories, 4 probable's, 9 more aircraft damaged. He flew with VF-5 (USS Yorktown) during the Battle of Midway; took part in many of the key battles in the Pacific, from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima
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F-15 test pilot
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Bombardier 'Enola Gay'
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WWII Black Widow Airplane Pilot
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Radioman/Gunner on TBF Avenger, Torpedo Squadron 8, (VT-8). Battle of Midway, WWII, 4 June 1942. Of the six Avengers, Ferrier's was the only one to return. Ferrier was wounded along with his pilot, the top gunner was killed. He was awarded DFC & PH
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WWII Navy Cross recipient and pilot, helped sink japanese battleship yamato
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97 Year old WW 2 Air Force Gunner He now lives in Edison, New Jersey
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Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
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P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[8 victories] Member of the 325th Fighter Group
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B-1 test pilot
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pilot retraced amellia earhart's route
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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American Korean War Fighter Ace - 10 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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First Pilot of WW2 B-17 'Mission Belle' and author of 'The Lucky Bastard Club'
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'Tuskegee Airmen', Communication Tech., WWII
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Test pilot
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 6 victories; flew the P-47; 348th Fighter Group, Pacific Theater
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Administrator of NASA/National Aeronautics and Space Administration who gained the approval of the Nixon Administration on January 5, 1972, to develop the Space Shuttle as the follow-on human space flight effort of the agency
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAF, co-pilot of 'The Peacemaker'
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First woman to pilot a B-52 Bomber and author or the book Charged
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WWII Flying Tigers (clerk)
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WW2 US Navy Flying Ace, VF-15 - 5 Kills
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American pilot in World War 2, completed 35 bombing raids on German Targets
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World war 2 fighter ace (9 Victs.) - Flew P-38 Lightning; 475th Fighter Group 'Satan's Angels.', Pacific Theater
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WWII Marine Ace- shot down 26 Japanese planes- LIFE cover June 7, 1943, awarded the congressional medal of honor
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Charles Foster (3) Charles Basil Foster (born January 17, 1923) is an English-born Canadian publicist, newspaper editor, author and songwriter. He was born in Cheshire, England. During World War II he was a pilot with the Royal Air Force
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Flying Tigers-Nurse;named Foster in 1941, Petach in 1942
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Part of raid of WWII POW camp Cabanatuan 'The Great Raid
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Engineer and a leading pioneer in Canada?s space programme. He played a leading role in the design, construction and application of Canada's first satellite, the Alouette
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Stunt Pilot
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Flight (aviator)
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Last Hindenburg Crewman Alive. Currently resides in Germany. Born: 05/22/1922
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WWII veteran; 101st Airborne, 506th PIR, Easy Company - one of the original Band of Brothers
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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Flying Tigers-armorer
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Designer PZL 104 Wilga, PZL 130 Orlik, Flaris LAR01
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USAF Colonel, Pilot, and War Hero
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research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)
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Research test pilot XB-60 & X-15 aircraft & other aircraft. Flew B-29 & B-50 which launched X-1 & X-2 rocket plane. 1966 became chief test pilot @ NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility where he tested X-15, 747 Shuttle Carri
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Flight (aviator)
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WWII and Korean War Ace-[28 victories - WWII and 6.5 victories -Korea]!
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air force general
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Navigator on the 'Necessary Evil', the nickname of the B-29 Superfortress that accompanied the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Born: 03/23/1923
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Aviatrix who won 5 Gold Medals during the World Aerobatic Championship in Salon-de-Provence, France
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USAAF General WW2 fighter Ace, 357th FG 363rd FS, 7 Kills, POW
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Sergeant/ assistant flight engineer, Bocks Car Crew, WW II, Nagasaki
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World War II German fighter pilot
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Pilot during World War 2 and a member of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)
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'Squadron Leader Royal Air Force Pilot'
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Flight aviator 1963 military astronaut candidate
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Astronaut' Skylab 3, STS-9, Spacelab 1, Brother to Space Traveler Richard Garriott de Cayeux
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Canadian pilot
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'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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Decorated World War II fighter pilot and a former racing driver from Australia
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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WW2 Ace with 21 victories.
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Flight (aviator)
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Air Force 2nd Lt. & Miss Arkansas USA 2007 !
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WW2 air ace - 8 Kills - USAAF
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Flight aviator 1967 group 6 astronaut candidate
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Marine Corp Attack pilot - flew two tours of combat duty during WWII
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astronaut
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Venezuelan Air Force director, president of Conviasa Airlines
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Israeli Flying Ace, retired Brigadier General, Israeli Air Force
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An American military officer who helped develop strategic bombing theory and practice. Giles was named commanding general of the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Area in April 1945 and was in charge of planning the final B-29 Superfortress air attacks
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WWII: P-38J Lightning and P-51D Mustang fighter pilot with the 343d Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
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First man to fly the SR-71 Spy plane. Lives in Palmdale, CA.
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WWII-Pilot from USA, flew P-47s on 50 combat missions during World War II, Author of 'P-47 Pilots: The Fighter-Bomber Boys'
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German Luftwaffe ace of WWII, 71 victories
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Nona M. Goard was an aviatrix who was an early parachute jumper, pilot, and wing-walker
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'Royal Navy & Royal Navy Air Service' 'Commander RNZAF South Pacific 1941-1943'
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WW 2 fighter Ace--[11 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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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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One of 1st inductees to Black Aviation Hall of Fame/Became a part-time stunt flyer with the legendary airshow impresario Bill Sweet/Member of the Kansas Senate
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Laker Skytrain MacDonnell DC10 G-Belo 'Southern Belle' Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen, Involved in the Freeman Field mutiny where a racist commander not allowing blacks & whites to talk to each other, & not allowing the black officer into the officer club. Also led to 162 black officers walked into the club and arrested
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Former British test pilot and Royal Navy officer. Pilot during WWII. Inventor of the mirror-sight deck landing system for aircraft carriers
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WWII Pilot-fighter Ace-- Flew the P-47 & 51--30 kills- 15 air- 15 gound USAAF - POW - DSC
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WWII Australian Ace-5.5 victories, RAF 607 Squadron
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Pilot of X20 Dynasour
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Flight aviator mercury 13 astronaut candidate 1960
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Test pilot - Jetstar prototype airplane
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Red Bull Air Race Pilot. Airshow performer
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WWII Hump Pilot (680 Flights), Author (Himalayan Rogue: A Pilot's Odessey - 1994), CNAC 1942-1947
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Flying Tigers-crew chief
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Air Force B-2 Test Pilot and FedEx Pilot
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
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Sr-71 test pilot
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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World War II RAF Eagle Squadron Pilot and 5 victory ace
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(WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen)
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Tuskegee Airmen
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5.25 Kills) US Navy, VF-10. Flew Hellcats and Corsairs
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WWII - Ace Pilot (Europe and Africa, 1943-1944) 18 victories
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WWII Flying Tiger Pilot
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WWII pilot, born 1920. First mission was as a dive bomber at the Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadacanal and Battle of Tokyo. Flew SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber
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Col. Robert Grimes, an Army Air Forces pilot flew a B-17 bomber during World War II
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German Flying Ace Of World War II
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WWII Fighter Ace, 354th Fighter Group, 6 victories - USAAF
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Rocket Scientist, 'Dr. Werner Von Braun's Team'
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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WWII - Fighter Ace - USAAF - 8 Kills
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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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One of the last living crewmembers (1917-2002) of the Hindenburg that survived the 1937 crash. Served as a ship cook, he jumped to safety through an opening in the ship and ran to safety as the ship fell behind him
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Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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LCDR - US NAVY Blue Angels
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen- Pilot
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Maj.Gen. Patrick J. Halloran is deputy director for strategic command, control and communications systems, Command, Control and Communications Systems Directorate, Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington,D.C.
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Col. USAF pilot in the Berlin Airlift known as the 'candy Bomber' dropped candy to children from his plane over Berlin, flew the A-26, B-25, C-47, C-54 and C-74
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Flight Steward who served on Air Force One for Kennedy through Ford. Flew JFK into Dallas, then helped tear out seats to fit the casket in after the shot. Stayed in the area with Jackie Kennedy and JFK's body during the flight back to DC.
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Ww2 bombarder b-52
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WW2 Spitfire pilot and Flight Commander who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his attacks on enemy aircraft. Born: 1916 and recently reached his 100th birthday. Lives in a care home in Ammanford, South Wales, UK
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USAF Col. (ret.) credited with the only known shoot down of a MiG with cannon fire above supersonic speed (Vietnam-June 2, 1972)
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Test pilot
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U.S. Navy Ace WWII--[6 victories]- 1st USA Ace in a Day - Navy Cross
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German pilot
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WWII TBF Avenger torpedo dive bomber pilot. Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal. Torpedo Squadron 8. Received two Navy Crosses and three Air Medals. Featured in book, 'A Dawn Like Thunder.'
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radio operator (memphis belle)
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Samurai of the sky/Japanese Zero Pilot WW2/19 Victories/Public Speaker/Imperial Japanese Navy, and graduated from the service's 35th fighter pilot course/Lives @ NAGANO, Japan/http://ww2db.com/person-bio.php?person-id=777
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WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen. B-29, B-36, P-47, P-51, B-57, KC-97 and AC-119K
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Bell X-1 PILOT, Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 aircraft, and program manager for the Lifting Body program! Survived crash landing in F-94C in 1954
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) (flew the pt-19, BT-13, AT-6, BT-13n and B-17)
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Pioneering stewardess and WWII nurse, born 1916. Special duty nurse for Air Force Gen. Hap Arnold, after having been one of Delta's first ever stewardesses from 1940-43
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Tuskegee Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Wife Tuskegee Airman/NASA's highest ranking black female in 1973 when she was fired for seeking equal opportunity for blacks at NASA/Author 'The Harlem Princess'
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-9 Kills) US Navy, VF-17/18
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American Pilot,Astroaut, Born:10/20/1921
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Pilot British Aerospace
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top fighter ace in the world- 353 kills in ww2 on russian front
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Canadian pilot who got lost in the north west terriotories and was found after 31 days
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Pioneer military aviator who survived 10 days in Alaska's wilderness after crashing in around-the-world flight attempt in 1924/1941 commanded an around-the-world flight of 24,600 miles set record of 121 hours & 55 minute
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Avation pioneer who held most of the city to city speed records in the states. gave airehart her first ride in an airplane
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British Engineering Professor on the developement of jet engine. Born: 05/22/1913
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WWII WASP -womens army service pilot, Flew the pt-17, at-6, bt-13, uc-78
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Holds the world record for oldest person to skydive
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WWII US Fighter Pilot
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airline pilot hero
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Vietnam - Last Flight From Da Nang, pilot. Ken is the pilot of the famous 'Last Flight from Da Nang' on March 29, 1975, when World Airways owner Ed Daly took his 727-100 to Da Nang which had become Vietcong-controlled
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, US Navy, VF-18 USS Intrepid
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95 Year old RAF Wing commander of 158th squadron, RAF
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Member of Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron
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WWII: 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Broup; Herbert Heilbrun piloted a B-17 Flying Fortress and was escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen. 32 missions including Linz, Austria, and Brux, Czechoslovakia, After the war test pilot at Wright Field, Dayton Ohio
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Super Bowl Sunday 1969 he hijacked United Airlines flight to Havana. A former Green Beret, his mission to get Fidel Castro. Reds boarded a 727 from Miami forced pilot to fly to Cuba. He had the pilot send a message, 'Tell Fidel, El Rojo is coming.'
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
