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Born November 28, 1922 • Świnoujście • Poland
Died February 18, 2021 (aged 98) • Lübeck • Germany
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German aviator
Orville Wright
American aviator
Wilbur Wright
American aviator
Fieseler, Gerhard
Gerhard Fieseler
German aviator
Günther Rall
German World War II combat pilot
Lilienthal glider
Otto Lilienthal
German aeronautical engineer
Galland, Adolf
Adolf Galland
German officer
Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen, “the Red Baron”
Manfred, baron von Richthofen
German aviator
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
Sir Ross Macpherson Smith
Australian pilot
Sir Keith Macpherson Smith
Australian pilot
Keith Park
New Zealand military officer
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
American aviator
Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Barker, William
William Barker
Canadian fighter pilot
Louise McPhetridge Thaden
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Barnes, Pancho
Pancho Barnes
American aviator