Acting
Chuck Yeager
- Born
- Feb 13, 1923 · Aged 97
- Died
- Dec 7, 2020
- Place of birth
- Myra, West Virginia, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 6
- TV credits
- 4
Also known as (2)
- Charles Yeager
- Charles Elwood Yeager
Biography
Retired Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager shot down at least 11 enemy aircraft, mostly flying a P-51 Mustang, on the Western Front during WWII. After the war, he went on to become a test pilot during a time of major investment and rapid technological development of aircraft in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Flying the Bell X-1, a small experimental…
