U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person
to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat
fighter during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe.
He shot down 13 German planes and was himself shot down
over France, but he escaped capture with the assistance of
the French Underground.
After the war, he was among several volunteers chosen to test-
fly the experimental X-1 rocket plane, built by the Bell Aircraft
Company to explore the possibility of supersonic flight.
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager
(February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020)
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