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ELLIOT M. SEE, JR.
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Born July 12, 1927 in Dallas,
Texas. Elliot received a Bachelor of Science degree from the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a Master of Science degree in
engineering from the University of California Los Angeles. See
and his wife, Marilyn Denahy See, have three children, Sally,
Carolyn and David. |
Mr. See became a test
pilot and logged over 3,900 hours of flying time. He was chosen to be an
astronaut and after rigorous training was named the command pilot for
Gemini 9. While in training for the Gemini 9 mission he was on a flight
into the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation’s St. Louis plant. During an
instrument landing, the plane crashed.
Elliot M. See, Jr. made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in service
to the nation and the space program on February 28, 1966 at 38 years of
age.
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