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This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

10 June 1969: The U.S. Air Force donated the first North American Aviation X-15, serial number 56-6670, to the Smithsonian Institution for display at the National Air and Space Museum. The first of three X-15A hypersonic research rocketplanes built by North American for the Air Force and the National Advisory Committee (NACA, the predecessor of NASA), 56-6670 made the first glide flight and

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Crandall, Grover A.

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Grover A. Crandall

Preferred Name: Randy
Date of Birth: August 8, 1932
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Mt. Carmel, IL
Headed West Date: January 17, 2020
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Randy served from 1957-1959 with the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing and from 1970-1973 with the 107th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

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  • 1957-1959 49th Tactical Fighter Wing
  • 1970-1973 107th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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Mr. Grover “Randy” Crandall, Jr., age 87, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020. He was born August 8, 1932 in Mount Carmel, Illinois to Grover Crandall, Sr. and Audrey Hawkins Crandall. Randy served from 1957-1959 with the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing and from 1970-1973 with the 107th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

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