LAUNCH CREW  R-07

389th STRATEGIC MISSILE WING

F. E. WARREN AFB

PHOTO TAKEN APRIL 1962

LAUNCH CREW R-07 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AN ATLAS D MISSILE ON MARCH 23, 1962 FROM VANDENBERG AFB WHILE PRESIDENT KENNEDY WITNESSED THE LAUNCH AND AFTERWARDS CAME DOWN TO THE BLOCKHOUSE WHERE HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CREW

Crew members are as follows:
Front Row your left to right:
Arnie Kovacka, Dale Howe, Clifford Simonson, Kenneth Haithcoat, Roger Egert,
Reginald Bufkin,
Second Row:
Sherman Jackson, Smsgt Chupka, J. W. Hill, Frank Waters, Gerald Beth

 

MANY THANKS TO DALE HOWE

 

 

 

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