Chuck Yeager
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* 13th February 1923 + 7th December 2020 US Fighter pilot, member of the 357th Fighter Group. He flew with the 363rd Fighter Squadrod and gained one victory before he was shot down over France on his eighth mission, on March 5, 1944. He escaped to Spain and on May 15, 1944 he returned to England. He became the first pilot in his group to make "ace in a day": he shot down five enemy aircraft in one mission. |
| Brigadier-General Yeager became the first pilot (at age 24) to travel faster than sound in level flight and ascent. He is also fighter ace with 11.5 victories. |