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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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Draper, Robert A.

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Robert Allan Draper

Preferred Name: Bob
Date of Birth: August 2, 1943
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Dover, NH
Headed West Date: October 27, 2013
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Robert was a 1961 graduate from Douglas MacArthur high school, after that he attended the University of Maryland in Munich and graduated in 1967 from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He was a veteran of the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars.

Units Assigned

  • 1967 USAFA CS 24
  • Osan AB, Korea

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Air Medal

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1967 USAFA

Civilian Education:

  • 1961 Douglas MacArthur high school
  • The University of Maryland in Munich

Robert Allan Draper (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on October 27, 2013

LtCol Robert Allan Draper U.S. Air Force (Retired) passed away on October 27, 2013, at the age of 70. He was born on August 2, 1943, in Dover, NH, to Frederick and Eleanor (Mauricette) Draper.

Robert was a 1961 graduate from Douglas MacArthur high school, after that he attended the University of Maryland in Munich and graduated in 1967 from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

He was preceded in death by his parents; survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Sharon Christman Draper; son, Robert Allan Draper, Jr., (Jean-Marie); daughter, Stephanie Draper Collett, (Adrian Cade); sisters, Robin Henderson, (Wayne) and Susie Conklin (James); brother, Ted Draper, (Stephanie); grandsons, Heyden Robert Draper, Wyatt Cade Collett, and Eli Wayne Collett; granddaughter, Abigail Marie Draper; nieces, Ashley Amerman, and Kayla Conklin; nephews, Colton Conklin, and Carson Conklin; cousins, Gail Mauricette and Sharon Mauricette Root and their families.

Funeral Services were held on November 4, 2013, at Colonial Funeral Home. Interment followed at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with full military honors. The family requested in lieu of flower donations can be made to Wreaths Across America, www.ndta-satx.org/wreathsacrossamerica.htm

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