Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 20.02.1921 |
| Birthplace: | Washington / Pennsylvania |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | ??.??.1960 |
| Selection group: | X-15 1 |
| Position: | PLT |
| Status: | Ret. 22.08.1963 |
| Date of death: | 08.06.1966 |
| Place of death: | Barstow / California |
Spaceflights
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Additional information
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Bachelor of arts in physics from Washington
and Jefferson College, 1942; one honorary doctorate degree; pilot in World War
II; Captain
USAF,
Ret.; selected in 1960 for X-15 Program (25 flights);
NASA testpilot; died in an air crash of a F-104 and a
XB-70; received his astronaut wings in 2005 (posthumly). |
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