Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran was a pioneer in the field of American aviation, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation. She was an important contributor to the formation of the wartime Womens Auxiliary Army Corps and Women Airforce Service Pilots .
Jacqueline Cochran, born Bessie Lee Pittman, in Pensacola, in the Florida Panhandle, was the youngest of the five children of Mary and Ira Pittman, a skilled millwright who moved from town to town setting up and reworking saw mills. While her family was not rich, Cochrans childhood living in smalltown Florida was similar to those in other families of that time and place. Contrary to some accounts, there was always food on the table and she was not adopted, as she often claimed.
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