Wilfred Yackey
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Wilfred Yackey
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Wilfred Anthony "Tony" Yackey, Jr., known professionally as W. A. Yackey, was an airplane pioneer of the 1920s. A veteran pilot of World War I, he flew for both the United States and Italian Air Force, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French government for acts of heroism against the enemy. Returning to the United States, he settled outside of Chicago and operated the Checkerboard Aviation Field in Maywood, Illinois. From this area he would start a flying school, advertised as o
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Yackey
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2017-02-02T08:11:47Z
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2024-09-09T23:48:16Z
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