# Richard McCoy, Jr.

> Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. was an American aircraft hijacker. McCoy hijacked a United Airlines passenger jet for ransom in April 1972. Due to a similar modus operandi, McCoy has been proposed as the person responsible for the November 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, attributed to the still-unidentified "D. B. Cooper".

*American aircraft hijacker (1942–1974)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/richard-mccoy-jr

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1942-12-07
- **Died:** 1974-11-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Richard McCoy Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy_Jr.)
- [ريتشارد مكوي جونيور](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [ريتشارد مكوى جونيور](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [リチャード・マッコイ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A4)
- [Richard McCoy](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy)
- [Richard McCoy](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7327734)

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