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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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(Born 1940) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from Late 1972 to 1973. Recipient of a Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Fighter pilot that escorted Air Force One on September 11, 2001
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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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Pakistani pilot, flew Pakistan International Airlines Flight 300 that almost crashed
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Fighter Ace, F-14 Tomcat pilot
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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 -
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 Stunt pilot in Top Gun that flipped off the russian
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Colombian airline pilot, Avianca, Youtuber
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Author and former U.S. Navy officer. Was the first U.S. pilot to be downed and detained during the Vietnam War and spent over 8 years in captivity, making him the second longest-held U.S. POW. Appointed to many roles under Ronald Reagan
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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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Flew P-61 Black Widows for the 425th FS in WWII. Was awarded the Purple Heart, 2 Air Medals and an Oak Leaf Cluster. Born May 26, 1918 and died April 19th 2003
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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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Fighter Ace in WWII
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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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(Born 1942) US Marine Corps Aviator Vietnam Veteran. Flew a CH-46 through most of the war. Was a POW from 1967 to 1973. Received the Bronze Star
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Tuskegee airmen ace WW 2
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Industustrial designer
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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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(Born 1922) WW2 fighter pilot. P-38 pilot who was a part of the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group
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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. PT-17, AT-6, B-25, T-6, C-46, B-26, B-47, T-33, P-47, B-45 and B-66 -
Director for Flight Operations at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Test pilot for the F-15, F/A-18, Gulfstream III, T-34, X-56A NASA's 747SP Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
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pilot and race car driver
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weaponeer on Bockscar WWII
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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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(Born 1945) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1972 to 1973. Recipient of 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
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WWII - B-24 Pilot who flew 35 missions ion Europe
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Astronaut STS-29 40
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Flying Tigers-crew chief
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(Born 1943) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, a Legion of Merit, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Flying Tigers-armorer
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Astronaut sts-43 52 68 81
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One of the pilots who took part in the mission during WWII to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto's aircraft
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(Born 1939) US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 2 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart
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American aeronautical engineer
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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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Aviation specialist - worked on A-12 and SR-71 projects. Authored several books including 'The Secret Genesis of Area 51
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WWII Pilot Ace-5, USAAF
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Colonel pilot of Air Force One for Presidents Bush I and Clinton
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Astronaut lss-19 tma 14
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Flight (aviator)
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NASA test pilot - He flies a number of Gulfstream III variants along with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP and the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory
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Former NASA pilot - flew DC-8 airborne lab. USAF - B-52, U2
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Australian WWII ace
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Pilot
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Flight (astronaut) sts-51f
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Designed pilots' pressure suits for U-2R, SR-71
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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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Adolf Hitler's Pilot during Hitler's political campaign of the 1930s
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(Born 1925) US Merchant Marine/Army/Air Force WW2 and Vietnam Veteran. Merchant Marine 1943 to 1944, US Army from 1944 to 1946, US Air Force 1951 to 1974
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Bombardier,for 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
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Test pilot XF-84H
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Experienced fighter pilot WW2
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On D-Day, June 6, 1944, 73,000 American forces descended on the beaches of Normandy. Bearden was a 21-year-old sergeant in the Army's 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Wrote; 'To D-Day and Back'
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Former German helicopter engineer, West German Border Guard, born 1942, Munich massacre 1972
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US engineer, born 1930. Worked for McDonnell Aircraft on the NASA Mercury and Gemini missions
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AP photographer photographed burning airship Hindenburg 15 pics, from 1st flare-up, rescue of survivors & picture of Lou Gehrig wiping away a tear as the fatally ill first baseman bade farewell to Yankee teammates & fans at Yankee Stadium
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USAF Jet fighter Ace during the Korean War--[5 Migs shot down]! fle the p-80, f-86, f-89, f-84, f-104, t-33, t-28, t-6
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-10.5 Kills) US Navy, VF-17
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Test pilot, F-35, F-117 and F-22 Raptor
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Rocket Scientest on Werhner von Braun's Team at Fort Bliss Texas, 1946/Operation Paperclip was code name for 1945 Office of Strategic Services, Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency recruitment of German scientists from Nazi Germany to US after VE Day
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German Avatarix
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Defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 with a MiG-25 Foxbat
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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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U-2, SR-71 pilot
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WWII Fighter Ace (9 Kills) - Ace in a Day - Flew P-51's - USAAF, 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, 8th Air Force (Europe)
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American Businessman and Aerospace Engineer
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Tuskegee Airmen, flew the b-25, b-29, b-52, b-24, b-50, b-17, b-47
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US WWII Army bomber pilot/OSS vet, born 1923.14 missions in Europe, then transferred to an OSS cover unit in Italy. Dropped OSS agents and spies in various areas, including flights turned down by the RAF as too risky. Still flying at 97
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Flight (scientist) von braun rocket team
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WW2 fighter ace - 5 Kills - US Navy
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Australian Aviation Pioneer
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Test pilot
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Leading canadian ace in WW1. shot down 72 planes
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Jerry Bishop (2) Vietnam veteran. Flew Boeing B-52 Bomber planes and survived over 100 combat missions
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)Flew the b-24
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(Born 1933) Air Force Korean War Veteran. K2 Korea
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Aviator test pilot during the Korean War
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Bill Blackburn (2) Flying Tiger-crew chief
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5 Kills) US Navy, VF-2/10
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WWII Pilot Ace-- Flew Spifires and Mustangs-[14.5 victories]
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Fighter Pilot Ace during WWII[flew the P-51 Mustang]
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Federal Aviation Administrator (2002-present)
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(Born 1921) USAAF WW2 Veteran. 487th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group in England from July 1943 to August 1945
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Ww 2 air ace '10 Vic's' - USAAF - DSC
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U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team
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German Luftwaffe ace of WWII, 60 victories
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WW11 Pilot
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chief test pilot (b-1)
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Israeli flying ace, pilot
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German WWII Fighter Ace
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'Born 1913' Captain, fighter pilot, test pilot on the Me-163 and Squadron Commander of 2./JG 400.
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Astronaut - Former NASA Administrator
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Test pilot
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WW 2 fighter ace, 5 kills
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Former NASA pilot - F/A-18, F-15, F-15 ACTIVE, T-38, DC-8, T-34C, King Air, and Predator. Flew F/A-18 in the US Navy. Became VP in Boeing Corp. after leaving NASA
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Member of the famed ''Flying Tigers'' before and during WWII, a Major General, Ace (9 victories)
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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English Former Male British Royal Air Force Navigator Pilot During World War 2
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-8 victories, USAAF, 359 Fighter Group, 76 Fighter Squadron
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fighter air ace korean war
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American World War 2 Fighter Ace , 5 Vic - Navy Cross, flew the f6f hellcat, corsair, wildcat, cougar, panther, fury
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Pilot - F-4, F-15, F-16, SR-71. POW in Vietnam. Author of 'Hanoi Hilton - Taps on the Wall'
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Co-founder with Bertrand Piccard of SolarImpulse Airplane-Businessman and pilot
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Survivor of US Airways Flight 1549, who was successfully ditched in the Hudson River adjacent to Manhattan six minutes after departing from LaGuardia Airport
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'Tuskegee Airmen' 'First Black Air Traffic Controller'
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Member of the famed''Black Sheep Squadro'' VMF-214
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Doolittle's Raiders crew #13 Navigator
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W W I I pilot, lawyer, Gov Clinton's Chief Of Staff, author
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member of pappy boyingtons Black sheep squardron
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Tuskegee Pilot, flew the p-40, p-47. p-51
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Early experimental research test pilot. Boyd is an engineering test pilot for NASA and USAF. F-111
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Aviator, f-16 program manager/ staff officer
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American Former Stunt Woman - Wing - Walker That Performed Numerous Aerial Stunts Between 1921-29 Including Automobile - Airplane Transfers, And Parachute Jumps
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(Born 1938) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, a Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart, and a Legion of Merit
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(Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 4 Silver Stars
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Royal Flying Corps in France during World War I/1921, Brearley founded West Australian Airways Ltd./ 1927, Brearley opened the Perth Flying School at Maylands
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Aviator
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Tuskegee Airmen, WW2
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WWII - WASP. Flew the P-38, P-51 and 18 more military and 6 civilian aircraft models
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Retired Air Force Test Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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W.A.S.P. Pilot. Flew PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-7, AT-11, C-78, B-25, B-26, SBD (A-24), SBC (A-25), and the P-47 towing target
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Rear Admiral
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NASA test pilot - high-altitude ER-2 Earth science aircraft and the C-20A, a modified Gulfstream III business jet that carries a sophisticated synthetic aperture radar on environmental science missions
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WWII: German Flying Ace, Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) Grünherz (Green Heart), 81 victories
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Pilot of the Pride of Detroit
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 13 victories, USAAF. 15th AF, 31st Fighter Group, 307th Fighter Squadron, based in San Severo, Italy. Test pilot after the war. Married singer Martha Tilton in 1953. Flew P-51, P-38, P-40, B-45, F-86 Sabre in Korea and F-100
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Flying Tiger-pilot and CAF flight instructor. The last surviving pilot of the Flying Tigers
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British former Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history
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P-38 Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 55th Fighter Group
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Tuskegee Airmen, Flew PT-17 Stearman, B-47, P-51 and F-80 Jet. Flew 20 different plane types
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American Female Flight Aviator - First Long - Distance Solar - Powered Flight. Flew A Tiny Experimental Solar - Powered Aircraft, 'Solar Challenger,' 6 miles In 22 Minutes Near Marana, Arizona. (Dec. 3, 1980)
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Larry Brown (6) Tuskegee Airmen
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Larry Brown (9) Tuskegee airman ww2. note this entry is not for the tuskegee airman, larry brown who was associated with the red tail project in minnesota. this person lives in texas and was still alive aged 93 in november of 2016
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WW2 Pilot Tuskegee Airmen, Born 1922, 100th FS & 332nd FG!
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US Navy Ace VF-27 10.5 Victories - WWII
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (12.5 WWII, 2 Korea, total=14.5 Kills) USAAF, 354 Fighter Group, 355 Fighter Squadron, 9AF - DSC
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(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
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2/7/1893-1978 Pioneer public relations with promotion of aviation/When WW1 began, Harry took pilot training @ Deseronto Airport with Canadian Royal Flying Corps, Squadron 84 at Camp Mohawk/Parents were sailing on RMS Lusitania when it sank
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WWII veteran, born 1925, B-29 navigator in the Army Air Corps. Enlisted in 1943, trained for 2 years, sent to Guam in June of 1945, flew a couple bombing missions. He was also sent to Tinian as a backup crew for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, though
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WW2 Ace - 15 Kills - USAAF - DSC
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'Commanding Officer Royal Air Force Pilot, Hawker Hunter F Mk.5, Northolt, Middlesex'
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(Born 1941) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. He was a POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars
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One of the Last Surviving Ground Crew Member from The Hindenburg Disaster. Born: 1920
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WW2 Luftwaffe Ace and Me262 pilot.
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Radio operator, 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Test pilot, of the 412th Test Wing
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Isham 'Rusty' Albert Burns Jr was born on July 24, 1925 and became a Tuskegee airman in the Second World War
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Australian Former Female Aviatrix. The First Woman To Parachute From An Aeroplane On Australian Soil (1937), And Held The Title Of Being The Youngest Female Pilot In Australia For 15 Years (1937-1952)
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Test pilot for McDonnell aircraft. First pilot to test fly F-15 in 1972
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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Test pilot D-558, X-4, X-5, M2F1
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(Born 1938) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 2 Legion of Merits, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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One of last surviving Tuskegee Airman born May 21st 1922/Sargent/Mechanic
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Aviation electronics - worked at Area 51
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Russian Former Male Cosmonaut. Flew Three Manned Space Flights -- Vostok 5 (1963), Soyuz 22 (1976) & Soyuz 37 (1978)
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Naval admiral (1888-1957), first to fly over the North Pole and South Pole; recipient of Medal of Honor;
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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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Vietnam Vet, Helicopter rescue pilot, born 1947. Vietnam Cobra pilot, 235th Armed Helicopter Company. Rescue pilot with the Nat'l Guard during the Mt St Helens eruption in 1980
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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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SR-71 pilot. Now a docent at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
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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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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)
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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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US Army Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan
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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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American Female Former Army Nurse - 'Tuskegee Airmen'. The First Black Nurse In The Reserve Or Active - Duty Army Nurse Corps
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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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Former F-14 Test 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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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
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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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WW2 Navy Flying Ace, 'Navy Cross & Distinguished Flying Cross'
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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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US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1963 to 1967
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pilot of the first liquid fuel rocket
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Air Force pilot
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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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(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
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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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Author of 'PanAfrica: Across the Sahara in 1941 with Pan Am'
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Heroic Australian pilot, QANTAS Airlines Flight 32
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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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New Zealand fighter pilot and ace during WWII. Flew in the Battle of Britain. 17 confirmed victories. Died September 21, 1995
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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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Australian stunt 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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U.S. Virgin Islander businessman, CEO Four Star Cargo Airlines
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Puerto Rican lawyer and business owner, Borinquen Air airlines
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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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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
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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
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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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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. Flew B-17 Flying Fortress and the Martin B-26 Marauder as well as the PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, UC-78, AT-10 and the P-39
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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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Colonel for the U.S. Air Force
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Mexican-American electrical engineer, first woman of Mexican descent in space
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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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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
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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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(Born 1937) US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. POW 1972 to 1973. Navy Cross Recipient
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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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(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
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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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Muhammed Ahmed Faris is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space
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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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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
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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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US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. Served with the Jolly Green Giants in Vietnam. Recipient of 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses
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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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(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
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 6 victories; flew the P-47; 348th Fighter Group, Pacific Theater
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(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
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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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American WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War Ace
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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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Aviation stunt pilot
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Part of raid of WWII POW camp Cabanatuan 'The Great Raid
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Senior Test Pilot - Stratolaunch
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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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(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
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'Squadron Leader Royal Air Force Pilot'
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Flight aviator 1963 military astronaut candidate
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(Born 1961) US Army Global War on Terror Veteran. 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Recipient of Legion of Merit, Air Medal, and Silver Star
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Astronaut' Skylab 3, STS-9, Spacelab 1, Brother to Space Traveler Richard Garriott de Cayeux
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SR-71 pilot - flew the last flight of the Blackbird
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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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(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
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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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NASA astronaut (retired), five space shuttle flights
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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.
