General Charles "Chuck" Yeager By oneillthomas Feb 13, 1923 Birth Sep 12, 1941 Enlistment into the US Army Air Corps. Dec 4, 1941 Receives first flight physical 1942 Accepted into the "Flying Sergeants Program" Mar 10, 1943 Receives pilot wings & appointed flight officer. Feb 11, 1944 357th Squadron completes first Combat Mission Mar 4, 1944 Yeager scores his first aerial victory Mar 5, 1944 Shot down over Germany Mar 30, 1944 After evading Germans for weeks, Yeager finds his way to the American consul 1945 Returns to the United States to attend the instructor pilot course 1947 Assigned to Muroc Air Base, California Oct 14, 1947 First Man To Fly Faster Than The Speed of Sound Dec 7, 2020 General Yeager Passes Away
