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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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Guenther, Elmer W., Jr.

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Elmer W. Guenther, Jr.

Preferred Name: Gus
Date of Birth: February 9, 1932
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Versailles, MO
Biography
Pilot Information
Album

I enjoyed the year of combat in the F 100 and considered it my best assignment.

Units Assigned

  • 1952 Aviation Cadet 54 ABC, Lackland AFB (Pre-Flight)
  • 1953 Kinston, NC Primary (PA 18, T-6)
  • 1953 Greenville, Miss (T-28)
  • 1953 James Connelley AFB, Waco, TX (T-33)
  • 1954 Lead-in gunnery training, Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX (AT-33)
  • 1954 Gunnery school, Luke AFB, AZ  (F-84 E/G)
  • 1954 Air and Ground Controller, K-47/K-55 Korea (T-6)
  • 1955 Itazuke AFB, Japan (F-86F)
  • 1957 Tinker AFB, OK (F 84, F-100)
  • 1959 Instructor Pilot, Luke AFB, AZ (F 100)
  • 1962 Dhahran AFB, Saudi Arabia (F-86F)
  • 1963 Instructor & instructor upgrading, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1967-1968 Phan Rang AFB, Vietnam (F-100 – 317 combat missions)
  • 1968-1971 Luke AFB, AZ (F-100 & Staff Puke)
  • 1971-1973 Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (A-7D)
  • 1973-1976 Logistics staff officer, Langley AFB, MD
  • 1976-1979 Selfridge ANGB (F-100, A-7D)
  • 1979-1983 9th AF Director of Reserve Force Readiness, Shaw AFB, SC  (A-10)

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster
Air Medal
Air Medal with 15 Oak Leaf Clusters
Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star

Flight Info

PA-18
T-6
T-28
T-33
F-84 E/G
F-86 F
F-100
A-7 D
A-10

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • College BS Degree

Guenther, Elmer And Family
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