Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 09.03.1930 |
| Birthplace: | Appleton / Wisconsin |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | ??.??.1963 |
| Position: | Pilot |
| Status: | died 12.10.1966 |
| Day of death: | 12.10.1966 |
| Place of death: | Indian Springs Auxiliary / Nevada |
Additional information
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Major,
USAF;
bachelor of science from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1953; master of science in
electrical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1959; 1963 for
military astronaut - class-4 selected; later member of the aerobatics squadron
Thunderbirds; in one of this flights on 12.10.1966 deceased (crash of his F-100
F with another F-100 near the Indian Springs Auxiliary Field /
Nevada). |
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