Pilot Bob Hoover

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Bob Hoover

Living place: Tennessee

Birthday: 24-1-1922 (102 years old)

Population of US 1922: 110,049,000

Global rank: #75026

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Who is Pilot Bob Hoover?
Bob Hoover is known as a former pilot with a job as a test pilot of fighter aircraft in the United States Air Force. Dubbed the greatest pilot in history with the nickname "pilot of pilots".
Certificates and recognitions during his career:
  • Military medals he was awarded: Medal of Valor Soldier, Medal of Peace of Clusters, purple heart and the French croix de guerre and distinguished flying Cross.
  • He is a successful member. Honorary member of the Blue Angels, RCAF Snowbirds, American Fighter Pilots Association, Thunderbirds, Original Eagle Squadron. He received a certificate of merit from the American Fighter Pilots Association.
  • In 1988 he was inducted into the National Aviation Association Fame.
  • In 1992 he was inducted into the Aerospace Walk.
  • In 2006 he received the Living Legend Award of Free Aviation
  • In 2013 He is ranked 10th on the list of 51 aviation heroes.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Bob Hoover used to work for a grocery store to raise money for actual flying lessons at Nashville's Berry Field. Then he joined the Tennessee National Guard and was sent to study as a pilot for the Army.
During World War II he was sent on a mission to Casablanca. Then he moved to work at the Spitfire 52d fighter group in Sicily.
In 1944, while in flight, his plane was shot down off the southern coast of France. He was taken prisoner and held for 16 months at the Stalag Luft 1 in Barth prison in Germany.
Bob Hoover escaped prison by stealing an Fw 190 and flying to the Netherlands.
In 1948 he left the US Air Force and continued other civilian jobs.
He used to work at the Allison engine company. He later worked as a test pilot for North American Aviation, where he taught pilots in Korea how to bomb with the F-86 Saber.
In the 1950s he had many flight tests with him. aircraft types FJ-1 Fury, F-86 Saber, and F-100 Super Saber.
In the 1960s he flew many flights around North America with his P-51 Mustang.
Mr. continued to work at North American Aviation until his retirement in 1990.

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When was Pilot Bob Hoover born?
Bob Hoover birthday 24-1-1922 (at the age of 102).
Where is Pilot Bob Hoover's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Bob Hoover was born in Nashville, Tennessee- United States. Mr working and living in Tennessee, Tennessee. Mr, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Bob Hoover's global rank is 75026 and whose rank is 75 in list of famous Pilot. Population of US in 1922 is about 110,049,000 persons.
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Events in 1922 and 24-1

Events in US in the birth year of Bob Hoover

  • Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (May 30).
  • Coal miners strike for nearly six months to protest wage cuts. The strike, one of several organized by the United Mine Workers of America since 1919, cripples the coal mining industry.

Birthday Bob Hoover (24-1) in history

  • Day 24-1 year 41: Gaius Caesar, the Roman emperor, nicknamed Caligula (meaning The Little Shoe - because he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.
  • Day 24-1 year 1848: Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.
  • Day 24-1 year 1908: Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
  • Day 24-1 year 1943: The Casablanca Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded.
  • Day 24-1 year 1965: Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
  • Day 24-1 year 1972: Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.
  • Day 24-1 year 1986: Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
  • Day 24-1 year 1993: The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.
  • Day 24-1 year 2003: The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.
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