Cher Ami

Cher Ami

male
Cher Ami (French for "Dear Friend" (male form)) was a famous homing pigeon who was owned and flown by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during...
John Howard

John Howard

male, deceased (1995)
John Howard (April 14 1913 - February 19 1995) was an American actor. Born John R. Cox, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of...
Violette Szabo

Violette Szabo

female, deceased (1945)
Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, G.C., M.B.E., CdG (June 26, 1921 - c.February 5, 1945) was a World War II secret agent. Her wartime...
Eugene Bullard

Eugene Bullard

male, deceased (1961)
Eugene Bullard (9 October, 1894 - 12 October, 1961) was the first African-American military pilot. He was born Eugene Jacques Bullard in Columbus,...
Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader

male, deceased (1982)
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, FRAeS, DL, RAF (21 February 1910-5 September 1982); surname...
Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle

male, deceased (1994)
Pierre Boulle was a French novelist largely known for his combination of psychology and adventure, most famously in "The Bridge over the River...
Kiffin Rockwell

Kiffin Rockwell

male, deceased (1916)
Kiffin Rockwell was an early aviator whose major claim to fame is as the first American to shoot down an enemy aircraft. On May 18 1916, Rockwell...
Krystyna Skarbek

Krystyna Skarbek

female, deceased (1952)
Krystyna Skarbek, G.M., O.B.E., Croix de guerre (1 May, 1915 - 15 June, 1952) was a Polish-born World War II British SOE agent also known by the...
Raymond Collishaw

Raymond Collishaw

male, deceased (1976)
Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw CBE DSO and Bar DSC DFC Croix de Guerre RAF (22 November 1893 - 28 September 1976) was a Canadian aviator who...
Henry Lincoln Johnson

Henry Lincoln Johnson

male, deceased (1929)
Henry Lincoln Johnson (1897 - July 5 1929) was an American soldier, and recipient of the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and French Croix...