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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

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Served 31 years in AAF/USAF. P-51, B-25,C-47, B-29 WWII
Occupation forces Germany 1945, Cold Weather test at Fairbanks, Alaska 1948-1950 P-80/B45, B-17/C-47/C-54/C-64 OST test pilot Eglin AFB, Fl 1951 to 1956. B-47, KC-97G,B-47LABS/In-flight refuel tests. 1957 to 1960 Flight test pilot YB/B-58, worlds first supersonic jet bomber; MACH 2 +. Made all AF POD(bomb)1 drops); one sub-sonic; six supersonic pod drops; two at mach 2 (one at 46,000 ft; one at 36,000ft). Test supersonic parameters, 36K to 55K stability/control regime. In-flight refuel Evaluation test. Two tours in Vietnam 1967/1969-70. Retired 1974