| LC control no. | n 84181234 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Yeager, Chuck, 1923-2020 |
| Variant(s) | Yeager, Charles E., 1923-2020 Yeager, Charles Elwood, 1923-2020 |
| Other standard no. | Q271939 0000 0001 1073 9464 |
| Associated country | United States United States |
| Located | Penn Valley (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1923-02-13 |
| Death date | 2020-12-07 |
| Place of birth | Myra (W.V.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Air Force |
| Profession or occupation | Test pilots |
| Found in | His Yeager, an autobiography, c1985: CIP t.p. (Chuck Yeager) galley (b. 2/13/23; Major Charles E. Yeager) Chuck Yeager, 2022: ECIP title page (Chuck Yeager) galley (Charles Elwood Yeager) Wikipedia, Aug. 25, 2014 (Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager, born Myra, W.V., retired brigadier general, test pilot, United States Air Force, first pilot to traveled faster than sound, resident of Penn Valley, California) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Yeager> NBC News, viewed December 13, 2020 (Chuck Yeager ; Air Force officer who broke speed of sound ; died Monday [12/07/2020] at age 97 ; became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947) <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chuck-yeager-u-s-air-force-officer-who-broke-speed-n1250322> |
| Associated language | eng |
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