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Chuck Yeager, one of the United States Air Force’s greatest ever pilots and the first man to break the sound barrier, has died at the age of 97.
Yeager was a decorated Second World War fighter pilot—famous for shooting down five Germans in a single day in 1944—and his exploits later became the subject of the 1983 Academy Award winning film The Right Stuff.
His passing was announced earlier this evening on his Twitter account by his wife, Victoria.
Yeager was a decorated Second World War fighter pilot—famous for shooting down five Germans in a single day in 1944—and his exploits later became the subject of the 1983 Academy Award winning film The Right Stuff.
His passing was announced earlier this evening on his Twitter account by his wife, Victoria.
