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American Former Female Pilot. Mercury 13 Female Candidate (1959). Inducted Into The Georgia Aviation Hall Of Fame (2003)
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WWII Flying Tigers Ground Crew
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Tuskegee Airmen
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US Air Force veteran who served from 1953 to 1957 during the Korean War (Born 1933)
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Doolittle Raiders 'Navigator crew #13'
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Kim Campbell (2)American Female Pilot Of U.S. Air Force (1997- ) Awarded With 'The Distinguished Flying Cross' For Action In Aerial Combat After Flying A Mission Over Baghdad, Iraq, And 'Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit' (2003)
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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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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge
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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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American Former Female Pilot. She Holds The Distinction Of Being 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. Also Known As 'Whirly Girl #2'
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Tuskegee Airman
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American Female Pilot - Unofficial Record For Youngest Pilot Of A Transcontinental Flight Round Trip Over America -9 Years Old (March 21 1994). Unrecognized Claims Since The Pilot Must Be 16 To Get A License
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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/On December 2, 1948, became the 6th man & 3rd civilian to break the mysterious sound barrier
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American Former Female Centenarian (1899-2003). Early Wright Plane Passenger. As A 12 Year Old In 1911 Ohio, Saw A Wright Flyer Land In A Schoolyard, Giving $5 Trips. Stranger Dared Her And Paid. She Sat On A Metal Rod (No Seats!), Flew Over The School
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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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(Born 1935) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 2 Legion of Merits, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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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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Chinese - Born American Former Male Centenarian World War 2 Veteran. He Was One Of Only Two Surviving CNAC Pilots. Moon died on 9 May 2023, at the age of 110
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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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Chinese Australian aviation writer, photographer and vlogger
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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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(Born 1940) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, and 2 Purple Hearts
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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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Women Air force Service Pilot
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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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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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(Born 1943) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Navy Cross and Silver Star Recipient
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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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(Born 1923) USAAF WW2 Veteran. Also know for being the 96 year old speeder on the show Caught in Providence with Frank Caprio
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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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Flew P-51's with the 261FS/357FG Yoxford Boys. He flew 71 missions, 270 combat hours and had one enemy aircraft destroyed, on the ground, many box cars, engines, armored vehicles and trucks destroyed, crashed one P51 at Brussels, Belgium
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Goodyear Blimp Pilot
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(Born 1937) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1958 to 1988
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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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US Marine Corps Gulf War Veteran. Pilot for helicopters in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
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(Born 1934) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 3 Silver Stars
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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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US Air Force 4 Star General
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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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(Born 1933) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of a Navy Distinguished Service Medal, 3 Silver Stars, a Legion of Merit, 4 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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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 -
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
