Jacqueline Cochran
Also known as Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran Odlum
American aviator and businesswoman (1906–1980)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Final report on women pilot program
- Reminiscences
- The Stars at Noon (1st Edition)
- Jackie Cochran
- The stars at noon
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-10-03
- Active to
- 1960-04-17
rhythm & bluesrockrock & rollrockabilly
Discography
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Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman; May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953. Cochran (along with Nancy Love) was the wartime head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (1943–1944), which employed about 1,000 civilian American women in a non-combat role to ferry planes from factories to port cities. Later on, Cochran was initially a sponsor of the Mercury 13 women astronaut program, before testifying against it in a congressional subcommittee.
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1906 births1980 deathsAir Transport Auxiliary pilotsAmerican aviation record holdersAmerican women aviation record holdersAmerican women aviatorsAviators from FloridaBurials at Coachella Valley Public CemeteryCalifornia RepublicansCivilian recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)Commons link from WikidataFemale officers of the United States Air Force