Jacqueline Cochran

US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt presented the Marmon Trophy to pilot and cosmetic executive Jacqueline Cochran on behalf of the Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs .

American pilot Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to pilot a bomber from Canada to England to help in the war effort.

American pilot Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to exceed the speed of sound; she thus set the world speed record for a woman pilot.