Thursday, October 5, 2023

The Stars My Destination: Clifton Williams

Operation AXIOM: The Space Race—In Memoriam C.C. Williams
Fifty-six years ago to the day, 5 October 1967, Major Clifton Curtis "C.C." Williams Junior, U.S.M.C., died after ejecting from his T-38 Talon, which crashed due to a mechanical failure; he was selected in Astronaut Group 3 in October 1963 & was the seventh member of the Astronaut Corps to perish in Man's conquest of space.
The Wayback Machine Tour of Clifton Williams
The Explorers' Club, № CMVI

Bonus! Space Race Song o' the Day: In Memoriam
The Phenomenauts, "Heroes" from For All Mankind (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

Requiescat in pace.

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