Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates
DowdDouglas LoelUSA |
Personal data
| Birthdate: | 06.05.1943 |
| Birthplace: | Miami, Florida |
| Marital status: | |
| Children: | |
| Selection date: | ??.??.1977 / ??.??.1980 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. 16.01.1978 / 29.05.1980 |
| Day of death: | 26.05.1981 |
| Place of death: | Chaptico / Maryland |
Additional information
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Major,
USA; at the
time of his selection assigned at Mission Planning and Analysis Division,
NASA /
JSC,
Houston, Texas; semi finalist in
NASA astronaut group 8 and 9 selections; was one of
two killed when their Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter crashed near two homes while
on a routine training flight from Patuxent Naval Air Test Center. |
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