births
September 12, 1974
Caroline Aigle, French soldier and pilot (died 2007)
Caroline Aigle
Commandant Caroline Aigle was a French aviator who achieved a historical first when at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Her promising military career was cut short by death from cancer seven years later. She was posthumously awarded the Médaille de l'Aéronautique.