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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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Clayton E. Fox

Preferred Name: Clay
Date of Birth: February 9, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-2 – First Lieutenant
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Headed West Date: February 4, 2018
Biography
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Clayton Fox graduated from the University of Illinois in 1955 and was Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Air Force. He was a top graduate in USAF Pilot Training and flew F-100’s from 1957-1958 with the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing/476th Tactical Fighter Squadron (one of the first Day Fighter units) at George AFB, CA.

Units Assigned

  • 1957-1958 479th Tactical Fighter Wing/476th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George AFB, CA

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Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • Marengo HS
  • 1955 University of Illinois

Clayton E. Fox, Lt USAF, “Headed West” on February 4, 2018.

Clayton E. Fox, an early F-100 pilot, “Headed West”, surrounded by family and friends, in Mountain View, California, on February 4th, 2018.

Clay was born in Rockford, Illinois, and grew up in Marengo, where he attended high school. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1955 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. He was a top graduate in USAF Pilot Training and flew F-100s from 1957-1958 with the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing/476th Tactical Fighter Squadron (one of the first Day Fighter units) at George AFB, CA.

Later, he settled in California, where he worked as a computer software engineer and lived most of his life. He also worked as a computer consultant in Munich, Germany, for 6 years, where he became fluent in German and confirmed his deep appreciation for all things German. He remained a lifelong student of the language and attended classes until early 2017. Clay was also actively attending a memoir writing class, which brought him great joy. One of Clay’s great passions was genealogy. Over the past two decades, he spent countless hours searching for documents establishing and/or confirming family connections for his own, as well as other people’s families. He was also hosting a DNA site for that purpose.

When he was not studying, preparing essays for his class, or surfing the internet in pursuit of long-lost family ties, he enjoyed watching TV from his favorite chair – most often with a cat or two on his lap.

Clay will be sorely missed by all who loved him for the wonderful human being he was: kind, compassionate, generous, forgiving towards all creatures. There was no better man.

Memorials may be made to Pets in Need, 871 Fifth Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063. Clayton was buried in the Highland Garden of Memories.
source: https://andersonfcs.com/obituaries/clayton-fox

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