Foil: 41 Panel: 2 Column: 1 Line: 17
Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Leader
Honored by:
Rob Clarke
WWII B-17 Lead Bombardier for the successful "First over Germany" mission, 1944. Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross [8th AF; 306th BG; 367th BS]. During an exceptional 50-year post-war career in the garment/textile industry, NASA requested he design a space-worthy thread essential to help fabricate a spacesuit for astronauts. Attaining this goal, he received NASA's Certificate of Achievement as a vital member of the successful Apollo 11 team's first landing on the moon, July 20, 1969.
Wall of Honor profiles are provided by the honoree or the donor who added their name to the Wall of Honor. The Museum cannot validate all facts contained in the profiles.
Foil: 41
