Cochran, Jackie
(b. ca. 1910; d. August 9, 1980) Director of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during WWII; first woman to break the sound barrier.
The first woman to break the sound barrier, and...
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Jacqueline Cochran
1910?-1980
American aviator who held numerous speed records and in 1935 became the first woman to enter—and win—the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race. Born around 1910 ...
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Jacqueline Cochran
When World War II (1939–45) began in 1939, the United States began a special Lend-Lease program with Great Britain. Supplies and equipment, including airplanes, were transpor...
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Jacqueline Cochran (1910-1980) rose from childhood poverty to become an aviation pioneer. She was the first woman to fly in the Bendix Trophy Transcontinental Race in 1935, winning it in 1938, and was...
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Cochran, Jackie
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran