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Flying Tigers-clerk
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Japanese-Paraguayan politician, director of Paraguay's Civil Aeronautics National Direction (Direccion Nacional de Aeronautica Civil)
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WWII Fighter Ace (7.5 Victs)
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Korean War Ace (6 kills) - USAF - POW Viet Nam - Air Force Cross recipient three times (flew the f-105 thunderchief)
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Flight Demonstration Pilot and Executive Officer
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Japanese Pilot who claimed to have shot down Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington
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Supercentenarian (1893-2005). One of the last living women voters of the 1920 election. Also witnessed a flight demonstration by the Wright Brothers in Indiana as a young woman
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US WWII Marine, born 1924. Served in the Battles of Guadalcanal and Tarawa. Worked under Werner von Braun in the 50s, absorbed into the newly formed NASA. Knew and worked with astronauts back to the original 7. Retired in 1985
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US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1953 to 1979. Went to Vietnam in 1970
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RAF Chinook test pilot
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Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
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Commander, US NAVY Blue Angels
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Shot down a Mig 17 in Vietnam
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Director of Shuttle Processing for NASA
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WWII: Tuskegee Airmen
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Flew the Hump during WWII, Author
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P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 354 Fighter Group
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Australian Pioneer / Aviator
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Australian Aviator and Public servant
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WW2 Air Ace - 7 Kills - US Navy; Fighter Squadron VF-8 on the USS Intrepid and from February 1944 on on the USS Bunker Hill
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-12 victories, US Navy, VF-10 - Navy Cross
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Flight Engineer and curator, Northwest Airlines Museum
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One of the pilots who took part in the mission to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane during WWII
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First F-14 combat pilot to shoot down a Su-22
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WWII: USS Enterprise dive bomber pilot from the Battle of Midway, who is credited with direct hits against Japanese aircraft carriers
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-7 victories, USAAF, 56 Fighter Group, 61 Fighter Squadron
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X-15 pilot, Holds world record for speed in a fixed wing aircraft (4520 mph) called the 'Fastest man alive'
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Doolittle Raiders Co-Pilot Crew #13
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Flight aviator
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Tuskegee Airmen
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One of the six men who were first chosen to fly the U-2 Spy plane.
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US Army Air Force WWII vet (1926-2021). B-29 Tail Gunner in the South Pacific. HIs plane escorted the Enola Gay, and he witnessed Hiroshima from about a mile away in the air. Days later, he had the same role, witnessing Nagaski's bombing
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(Born 1938) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 4 Legion of Merits, Distinguished Flying Cross, 4 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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NASA scientist and leader in the design of several robotic deep-space planetary missions.He is also an author, game developer, lecturer,photographer and environmentalist
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(Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam and Desert Storm Veteran. Went to Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Iraq and many other places during his 24 year long career
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German 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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WWII: The only surviving Polish squadron commander in the UK; served in the Polish Air Force in Poland (defense of Poland 1939), France (starting July 1941) and Britain and later served in the Royal Air Force.
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German WWII-Pilot, Rammjager Ace, flew with 4/JG-3 and 3/JG-4 Sturmgruppe
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Polish daredevil , Parachute jumper
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Russian/Soviet Union Ace, 12 Kills during WW2 & 13 Kills during the Korean War!
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Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Team Scientist
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research pilot
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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Test pilot, 43rd Fighter Squadron commander
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German pilot
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WWII female veteran, born 1922, WASP pilot
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Flight engineer,of the 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
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Born 1947 US Air Force Vietnam and Iraq Veteran. POW in Vietnam from 1972 to 1973. 2 Legion of Merits, 1 Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart, and 1 Bronze Star
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Vietnam war combat veteran. Served from 1966 to 1967 as a heavy door machine gunner on a helicopter
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WWII P-38 Lightning Fighter Pilot. 2 aerial victories before being shot down over Aachen Germany on 16 September 1944. Also flex B17, B-24, B-25, B-26, P-39, P-47, P-51, P-59A, P-63, Wildcat, Hellcat, P80 and P-84
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World War II Aerial Gunner, The only Japanese American to fly combat in the Pacific Theater. Awarded two distingished flying crosses
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Flight aviator x-15 pilot
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '617th Bomber Squadron, Navigator, Bombardier'
