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Charles Arthur Bassett, II

Charles Bassett

Born: 30 December 1931, Dayton, Ohio, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 28 February 1966 (Airplane crash)

Group: NASA Group 3 (17 October 1963)

Status: Deceased


Education
  (1950 to 1952), Ohio State University
  (1958 to 1960), Texas Technological College
  BS (Electrical Engineering), Texas Tech University

Bassett and Elliot See were assigned to fly Gemini IX. They were killed when their T-38 trainer hit a building at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis.

 


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