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1st Lieutenant Chuck Yeager. (American Air Museum in Britain) 12 October 1944: During World War II, First Lieutenant Charles Elwood Yeager, Air Corps, Army of the United States (A.U.S.), was a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot assigned to the 363d Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, stationed at RAF Leiston (USAAF Station 373), near the village of Theberton, Suffolk, England.

Brigadier General Charles "Chuck" Yeager was best known as the first man to break the sound barrier, but during World War II Yeager was a decorated fighter ace. ... Eisenhower's gamble paid off on October 12, 1944, when Yeager destroyed five Bf 109 fighters in a single engagement. First Lieutenant Yeager later reported how he spotted the ...

Flight Officer Chuck Yeager would score his first aerial victory a few weeks later on 4 March when he downed an Me-109 during one of the first daylight bombing raids over Berlin. But, as he soon learned, luck can change quickly in wartime. ... 1st Lt. Charles E. Yeager's combat encounter report for the 12th of October 1944, the day he downed ...