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Birth
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Enlistment into the US Army Air Corps.
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Receives first flight physical
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Accepted into the "Flying Sergeants Program"
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Receives pilot wings & appointed flight officer.
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357th Squadron completes first Combat Mission
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Yeager scores his first aerial victory
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Shot down over Germany
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After evading Germans for weeks, Yeager finds his way to the American consul
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Returns to the United States to attend the instructor pilot course
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Assigned to Muroc Air Base, California
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First Man To Fly Faster Than The Speed of Sound
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General Yeager Passes Away