Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

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Douglas Loel

USA

Personal data

Birthdate:  06.05.1943
Birthplace:  Miami / Florida
Marital status:  
Children:  
Selection date:  ??.??.1977 / ??.??.1980
Position:  MSP
Status:  Ret. 16.01.1978 / 29.05.1980
Day of death:  26.05.1981
Place of death:  Chaptico / Maryland

Additional information

Major, USA; at the time of his selection assigned at Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA / JSC, Houston, Texas; semi finalist in NASA astronaut group 8 and 9 selections; was one of two killed when their Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter crashed near two homes while on a routine training flight from Patuxent Naval Air Test Center.

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