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Lilian Bland (1878–1971), built her own aircraft; first woman to fly in Ireland [ 9 ] Line Bonde (born c.1979), first Danish woman to become a fighter pilot, in 2006. Maude Bonney (1897–1994), Australian aviator who was the first female to fly from England to Australia in 1933 and to South Africa in 1937. Ana Branger (born early 1920s ...
Flight license. March 1934. Choko Mabuchi (馬淵 テフ子, Mabuchi Chōko, 5 June 1911 – 23 February 1985) is a Japanese female pilot, and a pioneer of overseas flight among female pilots along with Kiku Nishizaki. Her experience as a pioneer female pilot served as the basis for the lead character, played by Yōko Asaji, in the popular NHK ...
Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was an American aviator who became famous for being part of two aviation-related events. The first occurred while conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when she was the first United States pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lieutenant Colonel Major General (Posthumously) IJA. Order of the Golden Kite (Posthumously) KIA 22.5.1942. Kiyomi Katsuki (ja:甲木清実) 16. Warrant Officer. IJN. Floatplane ace, 7 victories by F1M2 Pete / A6M2-N Rufe / N1K1 Rex.
In 1928 Eileen Vollick was the first women in Canada to obtain a Pilots License and Japan's first woman pilot Tadashi Hyōdō earned her license the same year. [74] Kwon Ki-ok of Korea became the first female licensee of that country in 1925 and after World War II, became instrumental in helping establish the Republic of Korea Air Force.
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
In March 1977, following United States Congressional approval of Public Law 95-202, the efforts of the Women Airforce Service pilots were finally recognized, and military status was finally granted. [22] Thirty-eight WASP pilots died while in service during the years of World War II, and Lee was the last to die during the program.
T. Kakuichi Takahashi. Hajime Toyoshima. Categories: World War II pilots. Japanese military aviators. Japanese military personnel of World War II. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.