Category:Cornelia Fort

**Cornelia Fort**
	American aviator Cornelia Clark Fort was a civilian flight instructor at an airfield near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. She was later killed while in service with the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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Name in native language	Cornelia Fort;
Date of birth	5 February 1919; Nashville
Date of death	21 March 1943; Merkel
Manner of death	accidental death;
Cause of death	mid-air collision;
Work period (start)	27 April 1940;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Sarah Lawrence College;
Occupation	aircraft pilot;
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	Q5171158; ISNI: 0000000117812396; VIAF ID: 122352006; GND ID: 121509036; Library of Congress authority ID: n99016838
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Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a US aviator who became famous for two aviation related events. While conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor, she was the first US pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and narrowly escaped a strafing attack after landing. The next year, Fort became the second member of what became the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and was working as a ferry pilot when she became the first female pilot in American history to die on active duty.