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Cornelia Fort

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Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a United States aviator who became famous for being part of two aviation-related events. [1]

30 relations: Aircraft pilot, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Cornelia Fort Airpark, East Nashville, Tennessee, Ferry flying, History of the United States, Interstate Cadet, Japan, Jeff Donnell, Junior League, Long Beach, California, Love Field, Dallas, Merkel, Texas, Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Nancy Harkness Love, Nashville, Tennessee, National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Pearl Harbor, Rising Sun Flag, Sarah Lawrence College, Strafing, Tora! Tora! Tora!, United States Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, Vultee BT-13 Valiant, War bond, Women Airforce Service Pilots, Women Airforce Service Pilots Badge, Women's Army Corps, World War II.

Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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Cornelia Fort Airpark

Cornelia Fort Airpark was a privately owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northeast of the central business district of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.

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East Nashville, Tennessee

East Nashville is an area east of downtown Nashville, Tennessee across the Cumberland River.

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Ferry flying

Ferry flying refers to delivery flights for the purpose of returning an aircraft to base, delivering a new aircraft from its place of manufacture to its customer, moving an aircraft from one base of operations to another or moving an aircraft to or from a maintenance facility for repairs, overhaul or other work.

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History of the United States

The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC.

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Interstate Cadet

The Interstate Cadet was an American two-seat tandem, high wing, single-engine monoplane light aircraft.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell (July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988) was an American film and television actress.

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Junior League

The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is a non-profit organization of 291 Junior Leagues in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.

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Love Field, Dallas

Love Field is a neighborhood located in northwest Dallas, Texas (USA).

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Merkel, Texas

Merkel is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States.

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero

The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range fighter aircraft manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.

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Nancy Harkness Love

Nancy Harkness Love (February 14, 1914 – October 22, 1976), born Hannah Lincoln Harkness, was an American pilot and commander during World War II.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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National Life and Accident Insurance Company

The National Life and Accident Insurance Company is a former life insurance company which was based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.

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Rising Sun Flag

The design was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period.

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Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States.

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Strafing

Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons Less commonly, the term can be used—by extension—to describe high-speed firing runs by any land or naval craft (e.g. fast boats) using smaller-caliber weapons and targeting stationary or slow-moving targets.

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! (トラ・トラ・トラ) is a 1970 Japanese-American biographical war drama film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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Vultee BT-13 Valiant

The Vultee BT-13 Valiant was an American World War II-era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces.

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War bond

War bonds are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war.

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Women Airforce Service Pilots

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), referred to by some as the Women's Army Service Pilots, was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees.

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Women Airforce Service Pilots Badge

The Women Airforce Service Pilots Badge is an award of the United States Army that was issued during the Second World War.

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Women's Army Corps

The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Fort

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