Jacqueline Cochran

Jacqueline Cochran

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BIRTHDAY
May 11, 1906 May 11
BIRTHPLACE
Florida
DEATH DATE
Dec 9, 2024 (age 74)
BIRTH SIGN

About

Female aviator and test pilot who was part of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC).

Trivia

She wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt to propose the creation of a female flight division of the U.S. Army Air Forces.

Before Fame

She worked as a hairdresser in Florida and New York before taking her first flying lesson at the Roosevelt Airfield.

Family Life

She married Floyd Bostwick Odlum.

Associated With

She and Amelia Earhart were both famous female pilots.

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