Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

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Jack Bernard

USA

Personal data

Birthdate:	26.12.1929
Birthplace:	Meridian / Mississippi
Marital status:	married
Children:
Selection date:	??.??.1958
Position:	PLT
Status:	Ret. 09.04.1959
Day of death:	11.01.1961
Place of death:	near Eglin AFB / Florida

Additional information

Captain, USAF; U.S. Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School’s (EFTPS) Class 60-D, 1957; one of 32 semi finalists in NASA group 1 selection; was killed on 11 January 1961 when his F-105D (591730) crashed near Eglin AFB in Florida.

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