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Aviators from Illinois

  • James McDivittJames Alton McDivitt Jr. was born on the 10th of June 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he earned the rank of Tenderfoot…
  • Harrison FordHarrison Ford was born on the 13th of July 1942 at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago. His father worked as an advertising executive and his mother had…
  • Gene CernanEugene Andrew Cernan was born on the 14th of March 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. His father Andrew George Cernan came from Slovak descent while his mother Rose…
  • Ken MattinglyThomas Kenneth Mattingly II was born on the 17th of March 1936, in Chicago, Illinois. His father worked for Eastern Airlines and moved the family to Hialeah…