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Aviators from Texas

  • George H. W. BushOn the 9th of June 1943, George Herbert Walker Bush became one of the youngest pilots ever commissioned in the United States Navy, a distinction that would…
  • Ed White (astronaut)Edward Higgins White II was born on the 14th of November 1930, in San Antonio, Texas. His father Edward Higgins White Sr.
  • David ScottDavid Randolph Scott was born on the 6th of June, 1932 at Randolph Field near San Antonio, Texas. His father Tom William Scott served as a fighter pilot in…
  • Alan BeanAlan LaVern Bean was born on the 15th of March 1932 in Wheeler, Texas. His parents were Arnold Horace Bean and Frances Caroline Bean.
  • Edgar MitchellEdgar Dean Mitchell was born on the 17th of September 1930, in Hereford, Texas. His family moved to New Mexico during the Great Depression and settled near…
  • George H. W. BushOn the 12th of June 1943, a young man named George Herbert Walker Bush stood on the deck of the USS San Jacinto. He was only nineteen years old and had just…