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
CPT Michael D. McGovern was a USAF pilot serving with the 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Phan Rang, AB, Vietnam.
On February 11, 1971, CPT McGovern was piloting a F-100D (#55-2901) when he was involved in a landing accident at Pleiku Airfield in Pleiku Province, RVN. McGovern suffered fatal injuries in the incident. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
Michael McGovern was married with 2 children at the time of the crash.
Michael McGovern is buried at St. Peters Cemetery, in Haverstraw, NY
Source: Photo/Bio Info – HonorStates.org; FindAGrave.com
