Jacqueline Cochran

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aviator businessperson human military officer test pilot

Jacqueline Cochran was a pioneering American aviator and record-setting test pilot who became one of the most prominent female figures in early aviation history.

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Label Occurrences
Jacqueline Cochran canonical 4
Jackie Cochran 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)

Distinguished Service Medal (United States) ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: French Legion of Honour

Harmon Trophy ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-05-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-08-09 ⓘ
employer Women Airforce Service Pilots ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
test flying ⓘ
memberOf Air Force Reserve ⓘ
surface form: United States Air Force Reserve

Women Airforce Service Pilots ⓘ
militaryBranch Air Force Reserve ⓘ
surface form: United States Air Force Reserve

United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant colonel ⓘ
notableAchievement advocated for integration of women pilots into U.S. military aviation ⓘ
first woman to break the sound barrier ⓘ
first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
first woman to fly a fixed-wing aircraft faster than Mach 2 ⓘ
first woman to fly a jet aircraft on a transatlantic flight ⓘ
first woman to take off and land on an aircraft carrier as a pilot ⓘ
held women’s world altitude record ⓘ
held women’s world distance record ⓘ
held women’s world speed record multiple times ⓘ
helped organize British Air Transport Auxiliary recruitment of American women pilots ⓘ
set more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other pilot of her time ⓘ
notableAircraftFlown Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
Canadair Sabre ⓘ
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter ⓘ
North American P-51 Mustang ⓘ
de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
notableWork leadership of Women Airforce Service Pilots ⓘ
occupation aviator ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
placeOfBirth near Pensacola, Florida, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Indio, California ⓘ
surface form: Indio, California, United States
positionHeld director of Women Airforce Service Pilots ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Floyd Odlum ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harmon Trophy → notableRecipient → Jacqueline Cochran ⓘ
Cochran → hasNotableBearer → Jacqueline Cochran ⓘ
The Ninety-Nines → hasNotableMember → Jacqueline Cochran ⓘ
Air Transport Auxiliary → employedNotableMember → Jacqueline Cochran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jackie Cochran
Harmon Trophy (to its pilots) → notableRecipient → Jacqueline Cochran ⓘ
subject surface form: Harmon Trophy