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The Aces (men who shot down at least 5 enemy aircraft), movie stars (James Stewart), professional athletes (Ted Williams), and people famous for other reasons (Joe Kennedy, Charles Lindburg*.) *Charles Lindburg was a civilian test pilot and not a military pilot. Charles "Chuck" Yeager George McGovern (Dem. Presidential candidate in 1972) General Benjamin O. Davis Paul Tibbetts Clark Gable (actor) Gregory "Pappy" Boyington David "Tex" Lee Hill Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova (Russian female ace) Richard Ira Bong (top US ace) Joseph Jacob Foss Lance Cleo Wade (American who flew in the RAF. highest ranking American in RAF) General Jimmy Doolittle Hans Ulrich Rudel --- German pilot who was awarded Germany's highest award for flying as 2,500+ ground-attack missions against Russian tanks and troops. Joe Kennedy (brother of President John Kennedy, killed in experimental remote-controlled bomber) George H. Bush (President of US) John Morgan, pilot of "The Memphis Belle" the first crew to complete 25 missions.

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