Kiffin Rockwell
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 108 years ago |
Date of birth | September 20,1892 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Newport |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 23,1916 |
Died | Luxeuil-les-Bains |
France | |
Place of burial | Lee Chapel & Museum, Lexington, Virginia, United States |
University Chapel & Galleries, Lexington, Virginia, United States | |
Other name | Jock |
Job | Aviator |
Awards | Médaille militaire |
Croix de guerre 1914–1918 | |
Education | Virginia Military Institute |
Washington and Lee University | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1399049 |
Kiffin Rockwell Life story
Kiffin Yates Rockwell was an early aviator and the first American pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft in World War I. On May 18, 1916, Rockwell attacked and shot down a German plane over the Alsace battlefield. For this action he was awarded the Médaille militaire and the Croix de guerre.