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Janet Bragg

1907–1993

United States

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Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg (born Jane Nettie Harmon) (March 24, 1907 — April 11, 1993) was an American amateur aviator. In 1942, she was the first African-American woman to hold an unlimited commercial pilot license. She is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.

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