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  1. WW 2 fighter ace, 5 kills
  2. 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
  3. Member of the famed ''Flying Tigers'' before and during WWII, a Major General, Ace (9 victories)
  4. 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
  5. English Former Male British Royal Air Force Navigator Pilot During World War 2
  6. Robert Booth  (2)
    WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-8 victories, USAAF, 359 Fighter Group, 76 Fighter Squadron
  7. fighter air ace korean war
  8. American World War 2 Fighter Ace , 5 Vic - Navy Cross, flew the f6f hellcat, corsair, wildcat, cougar, panther, fury
  9. Co-founder with Bertrand Piccard of SolarImpulse Airplane-Businessman and pilot
  10. Survivor of US Airways Flight 1549, who was successfully ditched in the Hudson River adjacent to Manhattan six minutes after departing from LaGuardia Airport
  11. 'Tuskegee Airmen' 'First Black Air Traffic Controller'
  12. Member of the famed''Black Sheep Squadro'' VMF-214
  13. Doolittle's Raiders crew #13 Navigator
  14. W W I I pilot, lawyer, Gov Clinton's Chief Of Staff, author
  15. member of pappy boyingtons Black sheep squardron
  16. Tuskegee Pilot, flew the p-40, p-47. p-51
  17. Early experimental research test pilot. Boyd is an engineering test pilot for NASA and USAF. F-111
  18. Aviator, f-16 program manager/ staff officer
  19. American Former Stunt Woman - Wing - Walker That Performed Numerous Aerial Stunts Between 1921-29 Including Automobile - Airplane Transfers, And Parachute Jumps
  20. (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
  21. (Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 4 Silver Stars
  22. 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
  23. Aviator
  24. Tuskegee Airmen, WW2
  25. WWII - WASP. Flew the P-38, P-51 and 18 more military and 6 civilian aircraft models
  26. Retired Air Force Test Pilot
  27. Tuskegee Airmen
  28. 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
  29. Rear Admiral
  30. 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
  31. WWII: German Flying Ace, Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) Grünherz (Green Heart), 81 victories
  32. Pilot of the Pride of Detroit
  33. 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
  34. Flying Tiger-pilot and CAF flight instructor. The last surviving pilot of the Flying Tigers
  35. British former Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history
  36. P-38 Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 55th Fighter Group
  37. Harold Brown  (2)
    Tuskegee Airmen, Flew PT-17 Stearman, B-47, P-51 and F-80 Jet. Flew 20 different plane types
  38. 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)
  39. Larry Brown  (6)
    Tuskegee Airmen
  40. 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
  41. WW2 Pilot Tuskegee Airmen, Born 1922, 100th FS & 332nd FG!
  42. US Navy Ace VF-27 10.5 Victories - WWII
  43. WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (12.5 WWII, 2 Korea, total=14.5 Kills) USAAF, 354 Fighter Group, 355 Fighter Squadron, 9AF - DSC
  44. (Born 1940) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, a Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. WW2 Ace - 15 Kills - USAAF - DSC
  48. 'Commanding Officer Royal Air Force Pilot, Hawker Hunter F Mk.5, Northolt, Middlesex'
  49. (Born 1941) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. He was a POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars
  50. One of the Last Surviving Ground Crew Member from The Hindenburg Disaster. Born: 1920
  51. WW2 Luftwaffe Ace and Me262 pilot.
  52. Radio operator, 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
  53. 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
  54. Test pilot, of the 412th Test Wing
  55. Isham 'Rusty' Albert Burns Jr was born on July 24, 1925 and became a Tuskegee airman in the Second World War
  56. 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)
  57. Test pilot for McDonnell aircraft. First pilot to test fly F-15 in 1972
  58. 'Tuskegee Airmen'
  59. Test pilot D-558, X-4, X-5, M2F1
  60. (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
  61. One of last surviving Tuskegee Airman born May 21st 1922/Sargent/Mechanic
  62. Russian Former Male Cosmonaut. Flew Three Manned Space Flights -- Vostok 5 (1963), Soyuz 22 (1976) & Soyuz 37 (1978)
  63. Naval admiral (1888-1957), first to fly over the North Pole and South Pole; recipient of Medal of Honor;
  64. American Former Female Pilot. Mercury 13 Female Candidate (1959). Inducted Into The Georgia Aviation Hall Of Fame (2003)
  65. WWII Flying Tigers Ground Crew
  66. Tuskegee Airmen
  67. US Air Force veteran who served from 1953 to 1957 during the Korean War (Born 1933)
  68. Doolittle Raiders 'Navigator crew #13'
  69. 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)
  70. Air Demonstration Squadron
  71. Col USAF (RET) WWII 6 Victory Ace, 479th fighter group
  72. 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
  73. WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge
  74. 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
  75. First USMC Ace during WWII--[18 victories]
  76. B-24 Liberator Pilot/32 missions w/747 Squadron/456 Bomber Group/Noted Aviation Artist
  77. Tail Gunner 'Enola Gay'
  78. ace (WW2)
  79. 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
  80. 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'
  81. Tuskegee Airmen
  82. Tuskegee Airman
  83. 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
  84. Ralph Carter  (2)
    Early Birds of Aviation Member/Soloed 1911
  85. Flight aviator, chief test pilot Boeing
  86. Retired 4 star USAF General. Former commander of Strategic Air Command. Flew final flight of continuous airborne Operation Looking Glass
  87. Flight aviator, NACA test pilot/On December 2, 1948, became the 6th man & 3rd civilian to break the mysterious sound barrier
  88. 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
  89. Air force general
  90. WWII American Fighter - Ace (9 Victs.)- USAAF
  91. 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
  92. Lead Air Crash Investigator in the Lockerbie Bombing on board Pan Am Flight 103 that occurred December 21st 1988
  93. (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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. WWII Pilot Ace- Part of the famous ''Zemke's Wolfpack''--[21 victories]
  99. Flying Tigers-armorer
  100. Chinese Australian aviation writer, photographer and vlogger
  101. WWII veteran, B-17 bomber pilot, born 1923. Professor Emeritus, U of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering. Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame
  102. (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
  103. WW2 fighter ace - 7 Kills - US Navy - Navy Cross
  104. Ground crew for many early blimps including Akron and Hindenburg
  105. Women Air force Service Pilot
  106. 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
  107. WWII pilot - Battle of Britain
  108. German pilot
  109. Member of the Flying Tigers (AVG) WWII
  110. American Former Female Aviator. Part of Mercury 13 NASA Testing. World Record For Non - Stop Long - Distance Flight (1959). World Light - Plane Speed Record (1959). World Altitude Record For Lightweight Aircraft Of 37,010 Feet (1960)
  111. 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
  112. 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
  113. Tuskegee Airmen
  114. (Born 1943) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Navy Cross and Silver Star Recipient
  115. Jimmy Doolittle's copilot in the first bomber to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on the famous Tokyo Raid/Doolittle Raiders
  116. (Born 1923) USAAF WW2 Veteran. Also know for being the 96 year old speeder on the show Caught in Providence with Frank Caprio
  117. Hindenburg Survivor Born: 04/18/1914
  118. 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
  119. Test pilot
  120. A-12 pilot, CIA pilot
  121. American WWII Fighter Ace (6 Victs.)- USAAF
  122. 'One of few Nurses to Tuskegee Airmen' 'Received Gold Medal from President Bush with Tuskegee Airmen'
  123. P-47 Thunderbolt Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 56th Fighter Group
  124. WW2 Flying Ace - USAAF - 12 Kills - DSC
  125. 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
  126. Goodyear Blimp Pilot
  127. (Born 1937) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1958 to 1988
  128. 'Brigadier General'
  129. George Cooper  (2)
    X-4 test pilot
  130. 419th FLTS project pilot
  131. US Marine Corps Gulf War Veteran. Pilot for helicopters in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
  132. (Born 1934) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 3 Silver Stars
  133. 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
  134. US Air Force 4 Star General
  135. 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)
  136. Flew 193 miles in a lawn chair strapped to helium balloons (Bend, Oregon - 07/07/07)
  137. 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
  138. James Cox  (2)
    LCDR - US NAVY Blue Angels
  139. (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
  140. 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
  141. Tuskegee Airmen, WWII
  142. Test Pilot
  143. Doolittle's Raiders crew #10 Navigator/Bombadier
  144. WW2 Veteran-Bataan Death March
  145. WWII Fighter Pilot Ace with the 357th fighter Squadron and 355th Fighter Group - 5 Kills - POW - USAAF - DSC
  146. World war 2 fighter ace- 7 Kills - USAAF, Born Jan 17, 1919
  147. 'Tuskegee Airmen' '617th Bomber Squadron Pilot'
  148. WWII Australian Fighter Pilot Ace-5.66 (RAF) 260 Squadron
  149. worls war 2 air ace
  150. WW2 Marine Flying Ace
  151. Korean War Fighter Ace (5 kills)- USAF
  152. WW2 Fighting Flying Ace, 52nd FG - 14 Kills - USAAF - DSC
  153. Parachute jumper
  154. WW2 air ace - 9 Kills - USAAF. Flew P-38, P-80 and P-84
  155. WWII fighter Ace/ Watergate scandal figure - 15 Kills - USAAF - DSC
  156. US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1963 to 1967
  157. pilot of the first liquid fuel rocket
  158. Air Force pilot
  159. United Airlines pilot, flew United's last DC-8 flight in 1991
  160. Tuskegee Airmen
  161. British WWII Flying Ace credited with 17 victories
  162. (Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
  163. Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
  164. 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
  165. WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5.5 Kills) USN, VF-18/36
  166. Commanded the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII Born 1912
  167. Andy Dawson  (2)
    Author of 'PanAfrica: Across the Sahara in 1941 with Pan Am'
  168. Heroic Australian pilot, QANTAS Airlines Flight 32
  169. Baloon driver
  170. Air America Pilot
  171. Retired Air Force Colonel/Vietnam Veteran
  172. Tuskegee Airmen
  173. New Zealand fighter pilot and ace during WWII. Flew in the Battle of Britain. 17 confirmed victories. Died September 21, 1995
  174. Tuskegee Airmen
  175. 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
  176. Tail gunner, 'Bockscar' (plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki..)
  177. WWI veteran. Oldest man in world. Born 1891. Lives in Puerto Rico
  178. Pilot
  179. Australian stunt pilot
  180. 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
  181. Former Tuskegee Airmen (Flew B-25 and T-6) & University Michigan football player; helped Michigan win 1948 Rose Bowl
  182. 'Wife of Doolittle Raider Jacob Deshazer'
  183. Doolittle's Raiders 'Crew #16/Bat out of Hell' Bombadier' 'Missionary to Japan for 30 years after Doolittle Raid'
  184. WW2 Flying Ace, Age 92, '8 Victories' Silver Star-DFC with 3 Gold Stars, Air Medal with 4 Gold Stars!
  185. U.S. Virgin Islander businessman, CEO Four Star Cargo Airlines
  186. Puerto Rican lawyer and business owner, Borinquen Air airlines
  187. Flight aviator
  188. engineer of the memphis belle
  189. 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
  190. WWII Romanian Ace with 11 Victories
  191. Test pilot
  192. 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
  193. Colonel Air Force One Pilot for President Clinton and Bush II
  194. 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
  195. CMOH recipient, Famed WWII Air Commander
  196. Son of General Jimmy Doolittle
  197. Flying Tigers-clerk
  198. 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.'
  199. WWII USMC Ace. On 4/22/1945 he shot down 6 Japanese Vals and had 2 probables to become an 'Ace in a Day'. He was awarded the Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and 3 Air Medals. Passed away 7/20/2008
  200. Boeing Company engineer, born 1937. Worked on the Lunar Orbiter, mapping the moon for the Apollo program. Worked at a Madrid, Spain tracking station where he helped receive the first ever photo of the earth taken from the moon
  201. Pioneer flight aviator
  202. WW2 P-47 Thunderbolt Flying Ace(Medals out the Wazoo)
  203. Eric Doyle  (2)
    Commanding Officer and flight leader for the Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
  204. 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
  205. WW2, Battle of Britain pilot and ace in the RAF.
  206. Royal Navy Hot Air Balloon Co-Pilot
  207. Tuskegee Airmen/Civilian Instructor 1942-1945
  208. German pilot
  209. P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[6 victories] Member of the 361st Fighter Group - Air Force Cross
  210. US Navy Flying Ace, VF-31 - 5 Kills
  211. Former U.S. General, U.S. Air Force
  212. Tuskegee Airmen; 99th Pursuit Squadron and 332nd Fighter Group; author of 'A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman'
  213. Flight aviator
  214. WWII German Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot Ace 5 victories flew the pik as, jg 53
  215. WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)
  216. US Navy Fighter 7 victory ace, WWII was the first F6F Hellcat pilot to down a Zero - Navy Cross
  217. WWII - Fighter Ace, 7 victories; Pacific Theater; US Navy, Navy Cross. One of the first F6F Hellcat nightfighter pilots
  218. WWII Pilot Ace-- Flew the P-40,47& 51-[9 victories]
  219. Flight engineer on United Flight 232
  220. 100-year-old pioneer is WA's last surviving female WWII-era pilot. One of the last surviving WASP pilots of the World War 2 Era
  221. 'Commanding Officer Royal Navy'
  222. 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
  223. 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
  224. 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
  225. Colonel for the U.S. Air Force
  226. Mexican-American electrical engineer, first woman of Mexican descent in space
  227. WASP, Flew the bt-19, p-47, p-39, p-40, p-51, p-63
  228. 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
  229. Tuskegee Airmen
  230. WWII US fighter pilot, Eagle Squadrons, 4th Fighter Group
  231. Commander 325 Fighter Wing
  232. 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
  233. 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
  234. 'Tuskegee Airmen' one of their Aircraft Mechanics
  235. Ex-Pentagon UFO Whistle-blower, UFO researcher - Known for leaking the famous 2004 'Tic Tac UFO' US Airforce Video which has since been confirmed authentic
  236. Mary Ellis  (3)
    Last surviving female WW2 Spitfire pilot
  237. Tuskegee Airmen
  238. Tuskegee airmen ww2
  239. Flight aviator
  240. 'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  241. WWII-Pilot, Lt. USAF (Ret.), 366th Fighter Group, 391st Fighter Squadron
  242. World War 2, Iwo Jima vet, and P-51 pilot
  243. (Born 1937) US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. POW 1972 to 1973. Navy Cross Recipient
  244. Former Israeli flying ace, pilot
  245. Test Pilot for the B-36
  246. 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
  247. Night Fighter LTC
  248. (Born 1934) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 3 Legion of Merits, 3 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
  249. (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
  250. Tuskegee Airmen
  251. Senior Vice President at Google, holds the World Record for highest Stratosphere jump
  252. WW2 Flying Ace, Eagle Squadron 121, 335th FS 4th Fighter Group, 359th Fighter Group - 6 Kills - USAAF
  253. Pilot
  254. Test Pilot
  255. 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
  256. Spanish Civil War flying ace
  257. Polish pilot who flew with the RAF 635, 639 and 303 squadrons during WWII. He lives in Canada
  258. Muhammed Ahmed Faris is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space
  259. 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.
  260. USMC Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of VMF-312
  261. NASA test pilot - Gulfstream III, the DC-8 airborne science laboratory, C-17 and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), T-34 mission support aircraft and the remotely piloted X-56 multi-utility technology testbed
  262. Gay activist
  263. 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
  264. F-15 test pilot
  265. Bombardier 'Enola Gay'
  266. WWII Black Widow Airplane Pilot
  267. 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
  268. WWII Navy Cross recipient and pilot, helped sink japanese battleship yamato
  269. US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. Served with the Jolly Green Giants in Vietnam. Recipient of 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses
  270. 97 Year old WW 2 Air Force Gunner He now lives in Edison, New Jersey
  271. Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
  272. P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[8 victories] Member of the 325th Fighter Group
  273. B-1 test pilot
  274. pilot retraced amellia earhart's route
  275. 'Tuskegee Airmen'
  276. American Korean War Fighter Ace - 10 Victories
  277. 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
  278. First Pilot of WW2 B-17 'Mission Belle' and author of 'The Lucky Bastard Club'
  279. John Flanagan  (3)
    'Tuskegee Airmen', Communication Tech., WWII
  280. Test pilot
  281. (March 6, 1887 - October 29, 1975) WW1 American aviation pioneer, industrialist and army officer. Fleet founded and led several corporations, including Consolidated Aircraft/Acting commanding officer of the 18th Aero Squadron, Training WW1
  282. WWII - Fighter Ace, 6 victories; flew the P-47; 348th Fighter Group, Pacific Theater
  283. (Born 1932) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 3 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
  284. 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
  285. American WWII - Pilot, USAAF, co-pilot of 'The Peacemaker'
  286. First woman to pilot a B-52 Bomber and author or the book Charged
  287. WWII Flying Tigers (clerk)
  288. WW2 US Navy Flying Ace, VF-15 - 5 Kills
  289. American pilot in World War 2, completed 35 bombing raids on German Targets
  290. American WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War Ace
  291. WWII Marine Ace- shot down 26 Japanese planes- LIFE cover June 7, 1943, awarded the congressional medal of honor
  292. 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
  293. Flying Tigers-Nurse;named Foster in 1941, Petach in 1942
  294. Aviation stunt pilot
  295. Part of raid of WWII POW camp Cabanatuan 'The Great Raid
  296. 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
  297. Stunt Pilot
  298. Flight (aviator)
  299. Last Hindenburg Crewman Alive. Currently resides in Germany. Born: 05/22/1922
  300. WWII veteran; 101st Airborne, 506th PIR, Easy Company - one of the original Band of Brothers
  301. 'Tuskegee Airmen'
  302. Flying Tigers-armorer
  303. Designer PZL 104 Wilga, PZL 130 Orlik, Flaris LAR01
  304. USAF Colonel, Pilot, and War Hero
  305. research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California
  306. WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)
  307. 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
  308. Flight (aviator)
  309. WWII and Korean War Ace-[28 victories - WWII and 6.5 victories -Korea]!
  310. air force general
  311. 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
  312. Aviatrix who won 5 Gold Medals during the World Aerobatic Championship in Salon-de-Provence, France
  313. USAAF General WW2 fighter Ace, 357th FG 363rd FS, 7 Kills, POW
  314. Sergeant/ assistant flight engineer, Bocks Car Crew, WW II, Nagasaki
  315. World War II German fighter pilot
  316. Pilot during World War 2 and a member of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)
  317. (Born 1921) Flew over 34 combat missions in B-17s and B-24s during WW2 earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross and 6 Air Medals. Became an aviation racer for P-38s and P-51s
  318. 'Squadron Leader Royal Air Force Pilot'
  319. Flight aviator 1963 military astronaut candidate
  320. (Born 1961) US Army Global War on Terror Veteran. 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Recipient of Legion of Merit, Air Medal, and Silver Star
  321. Astronaut' Skylab 3, STS-9, Spacelab 1, Brother to Space Traveler Richard Garriott de Cayeux
  322. Canadian pilot
  323. 'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
  324. Decorated World War II fighter pilot and a former racing driver from Australia
  325. 'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  326. WW2 Ace with 21 victories.
  327. Flight (aviator)
  328. Air Force 2nd Lt. & Miss Arkansas USA 2007 !
  329. WW2 air ace - 8 Kills - USAAF
  330. (Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and a Legion of Merit
  331. Flight aviator 1967 group 6 astronaut candidate
  332. Marine Corp Attack pilot - flew two tours of combat duty during WWII
  333. NASA astronaut (retired), five space shuttle flights
  334. Venezuelan Air Force director, president of Conviasa Airlines
  335. Israeli Flying Ace, retired Brigadier General, Israeli Air Force
  336. 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
  337. WWII: P-38J Lightning and P-51D Mustang fighter pilot with the 343d Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
  338. First man to fly the SR-71 Spy plane. Lives in Palmdale, CA.
  339. WWII-Pilot from USA, flew P-47s on 50 combat missions during World War II, Author of 'P-47 Pilots: The Fighter-Bomber Boys'
  340. German Luftwaffe ace of WWII, 71 victories
  341. Nona M. Goard was an aviatrix who was an early parachute jumper, pilot, and wing-walker
  342. 'Royal Navy & Royal Navy Air Service' 'Commander RNZAF South Pacific 1941-1943'
  343. WW 2 fighter Ace--[11 victories]
  344. 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
  345. 'Tuskegee Airmen'
  346. 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
  347. Laker Skytrain MacDonnell DC10 G-Belo 'Southern Belle' Pilot
  348. 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
  349. Former British test pilot and Royal Navy officer. Pilot during WWII. Inventor of the mirror-sight deck landing system for aircraft carriers
  350. WWII Pilot-fighter Ace-- Flew the P-47 & 51--30 kills- 15 air- 15 gound USAAF - POW - DSC
  351. WWII Australian Ace-5.5 victories, RAF 607 Squadron
  352. Pilot of X20 Dynasour
  353. Flight aviator mercury 13 astronaut candidate 1960
  354. Test pilot - Jetstar prototype airplane
  355. Red Bull Air Race Pilot. Airshow performer
  356. WWII Hump Pilot (680 Flights), Author (Himalayan Rogue: A Pilot's Odessey - 1994), CNAC 1942-1947
  357. Flying Tigers-crew chief
  358. Air Force B-2 Test Pilot and FedEx Pilot
  359. American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
  360. USAF & NASA pilot - director for Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards. For USAF - tested A-10, F-15, F-16
  361. Sr-71 test pilot
  362. 'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  363. World War II RAF Eagle Squadron Pilot and 5 victory ace
  364. (WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen)
  365. Tuskegee Airmen
  366. WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5.25 Kills) US Navy, VF-10. Flew Hellcats and Corsairs. Also Flew the Stearman
  367. WWII - Ace Pilot (Europe and Africa, 1943-1944) 18 victories
  368. WWII Flying Tiger Pilot
  369. 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
  370. Col. Robert Grimes, an Army Air Forces pilot flew a B-17 bomber during World War II
  371. German Flying Ace Of World War II
  372. WWII Fighter Ace, 354th Fighter Group, 6 victories - USAAF
  373. Rocket Scientist, 'Dr. Werner Von Braun's Team'
  374. 'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  375. WWII - Fighter Ace - USAAF - 8 Kills
  376. 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
  377. 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
  378. US Army WWII vet, born 1921. Served in the Signal Intelligence Service, through Africa and Italy. Later a career with Pan-Am Airlines, and close friends with the Monaco royal family. Married in Italy with actor Rex Harrison as a witness
  379. US Air Force Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran. Recipient of the Air Force Cross, 3 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
  380. Army Air Corps.1st mission firebombing mission Hamm, Germany Feb, 1945. Flew 23 missions/part 8th Air Force, Rookie crew, 1st combat mission, bomber Last plane in formation to pass over the target - position known as 'Tail End Charlie'
  381. Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
  382. Astronaut
  383. LCDR - US NAVY Blue Angels
  384. Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
  385. Tuskegee Airmen- Pilot
  386. Jack Hallett  (2)
    WW2 Fighter pilot cadet in Maxwell Field. Flew on the B-40, P-28, and P-47 (Born 1920) He flew a P51 Mustang for his 99th birthday
  387. Businessman, chief cargo officer, Qatar Airways Cargo airlines
  388. 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.
  389. 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
  390. 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.
  391. Ww2 bombarder b-52
  392. 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
  393. Producer, director, author, photographer and pilot. President of Handleman Filmworks. Owner of Handleman Sky Ranch. Director of the Michigan Air Guard Historical Association. Has served on more than thirty civic and charitable boards
  394. USAF Col. (ret.) credited with the only known shoot down of a MiG with cannon fire above supersonic speed (Vietnam-June 2, 1972)
  395. Test pilot
  396. U.S. Navy Ace WWII--[6 victories]- 1st USA Ace in a Day - Navy Cross
  397. German pilot
  398. 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.'
  399. radio operator (memphis belle)
  400. 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
  401. WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen. B-29, B-36, P-47, P-51, B-57, KC-97 and AC-119K
  402. 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
  403. World War II ace
  404. WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) (flew the pt-19, BT-13, AT-6, BT-13n and B-17)
  405. 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
  406. Tuskegee Pilot
  407. Tuskegee Airmen
  408. 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'
  409. WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-9 Kills) US Navy, VF-17/18
  410. American Pilot,Astroaut, Born:10/20/1921
  411. Pilot British Aerospace
  412. top fighter ace in the world- 353 kills in ww2 on russian front
  413. NASA research pilot. Flies the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP with the worldâ-?s largest airborne astronomical observatory
  414. Canadian pilot who got lost in the north west terriotories and was found after 31 days
  415. 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
  416. James Harvey  (2)
    Tuskegee Airmen Flew PT-17, BT-13, A-26, P-40, P-47, P-51, F-80, F-86, F-89, F-94 and the F-102
  417. Lieutenant colonel USAF WW2 Tuskegee airmen
  418. Avation pioneer who held most of the city to city speed records in the states. gave airehart her first ride in an airplane
  419. British Engineering Professor on the developement of jet engine. Born: 05/22/1913
  420. WWII WASP -womens army service pilot, Flew the pt-17, at-6, bt-13, uc-78
  421. Holds the world record for oldest person to skydive
  422. WWII US Fighter Pilot
  423. airline pilot hero
  424. 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
  425. WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, US Navy, VF-18 USS Intrepid
  426. 95 Year old RAF Wing commander of 158th squadron, RAF
  427. Member of Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron
  428. 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
  429. Born 1940 US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. Was a became a POW in 1966. Bronze Star, 3 Leigon of Merit?s, Purple Heart, and a Silver Stat recipient
  430. 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.'
  431. Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
  432. Tuskegee Airmen
  433. Former U.S. Astronaut
  434. Doolittle's Raiders crew #8 Navigator/Bombadier/Nose Gunner
  435. WW2 Luftwaffe Ace. 'Spanish Civil War Veteran' 'International Brigade' 'German'
  436. Colonel USAF (ret) Koearn War fighter pilot, wrote the book and is the subject of the Rock Hudson movie, Battle Hymn
  437. Flight aviator b52 bomber test pilot
  438. Tuskegee Airmen 'LA Chapter'
  439. Tuskegee Airmen 'LA Chapter' B-25 Pilot with 477th Medium Bomber Group!
  440. Flight (aviator)
  441. W.A.S.P. Pilot
  442. Fighter ace- Flying Tigers
  443. USAF, (Ret) Original Tuskegee Airman/One key event took place while working in crash & rescue. During one aircraft incident, heroically helped remove, then Col B. O. Davis Jr, from his damaged plane upon landing at locbourne Air Force Base
  444. WW2 - US Navy Fighter Ace, VF-5 - 7 Kills
  445. Tuskegee Airmen
  446. WW2 - Fighter Ace - USAAF - 365-FG - POW - 5 Kills
  447. Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
  448. Born May 29, 1955. Tried shooting President Reagan
  449. Test pilot born 1939; first man to fly the Northrop B-2 Spirit
  450. Pilot, Reno Air Race Pilot
  451. Co-pilot of the 16th B-25 in the Doolittle Raid in WWII, spent three years as a POW. Born: 03/03/1920
  452. Singaporean WWII vet, born 1920. Last surviving Singaporean pilot of the Flying Tigers. Served in the Chinese American Composite Wing, assigned to the 14th US Air Force. 18 B-25 missions. Career as Captain with Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
  453. test pilot
  454. 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
  455. Jerry T. Hodges Jr was born on June 29, 1925 in Tennessee. He became one of many Tuskegee Airmen. He went into WW2 from 1944 to 1945 and became a businessman after the war
  456. 'Rocket Scientest' with Wernher Von Braun NASA Team!
  457. (Born 1941) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1971 to 1973. Recipient of Defense Superior Service Medal, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 2 Bronze Stars, and 3 Purple Hearts
  458. Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest
  459. Tuskegee Airmen
  460. USN Test Pilot School Instructor/Chief, Human Systems Engineering Branch/USAF Test Pilot School Academic Instructor/Participated as a geophysicist on a remote field expedition to the Antarctic
  461. American WWII-Pilot, P-51, First black helicopter pilot in the U.S. Air Force
  462. Former Chief of Navy Operations (1974-1978)& commander of 1st nuclear sub
  463. Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 aircraft and other aircraft. In 1952, Holtoner became the commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base
  464. Tuskegee Airmen, WWII
  465. Bob Hoover was Chuck Yeager's backup pilot in the Bell X-1 program, and he flew chase in a Lockheed P-80 when Yeager first exceeded Mach 1(broke the sound barrier)on October 14, 1947.
  466. Flight aviator
  467. 'Tuskegee Airmen' '99th Fighter Squadron' 'Class of 44-J'!
  468. doolittles raiders crew #10 gunner
  469. Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
  470. NASA pilot - remotely pilots the Global Hawk, X-56 and Resilient Autonomy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and also flies missions for Armstrong's King Air research testbed and T-34 mission support aircraft
  471. 1st female Captain of a scheduled US Jet airline
  472. 'Miracle at Cortez' U2 pilot
  473. CAPT - USMC, US NAVY Blue Angels C-130 'Fat Albert' Pilot
  474. Shot down the first enemy aircraft in the korean war
  475. (Born 1935) US Marine Corps Aviator Vietnam Veteran. Flew UH-1E, VMO-6, VMO-1, OV-10, O-2B, and AH-1J throughout his service. Navy Cross Recipient
  476. P-38 Lightning Ace during WWII-[9 victories] Member of the 82nd Fighter Group - USAAF
  477. NASA flight director for Apollo 16 and 17
  478. WW2 Veteran Combat Pilot
  479. 'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  480. Last known surviving Navy groundcrewman at the Hindenburg crash in 1937. A veteran of the Navy's blimp program in the 1920s/1930s, and a WWII veteran. Died at 94 in 2005
  481. James Ince  (2)
    Ww 2 air ace - 6 Kills - USAAF
  482. USMC Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of VMF-211
  483. WWII Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group, 'Zemke's Wolfpack'
  484. 'Tuskegee Airmen' & fighter ace of ww2
  485. American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
  486. Tuskegee Airman, 1st Black 4-Star General
  487. WW2 veteran. Aviator
  488. Tuskegee Airman Pilot
  489. Retired Polish pilot, Colonel of the Polish Army and Cosmonaut Backup Cosmonaut of Miros?aw Hermaszewski
  490. Flying Tigers-propeller specialist
  491. Pilot in World War I and as an operations officer in World War II as well as commanding Officer of the 446th Bomb Group at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth/Participated in drafting the original Civil Air regulations
  492. (Born 1932) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars
  493. 1st woman of color in space
  494. weapons officer on the Enola Gay during the Hiroshima Mission
  495. Aviator/member Mercury 13, flight instructor, demonstration pilot, advisor to (FAA). President of Ninety-Nines. Written about flying and history of women in flight. Together with Wally Funk, Jessen is one of the last two surviving members of Mercury 13
  496. Major General Eldon W. Joersz is an American pilot, who currently holds the World Air Speed Record
  497. 92 Year old nose gunner on a B-24 bomber during WW2 & POW. Now lives in Montville, NJ