Glen Edwards
Glen Walter Edwards (born March 5, 1918 in Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada , † June 5, 1948 on the site of what is now Edwards Air Force Base , California ) was an American test pilot .
After studying at the University of California, Berkeley , Edwards joined the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) on July 15, 1941 . After deployments in North Africa and Sicily , he returned to the USA in December 1943 and became a test pilot. As part of this activity he was a. a. also in the testing of the flying wing aircraft of the Northrop Corporation such. B. the XB-35 and YB-49 involved.
On June 5, 1948, Edwards was killed in the crash of the Northrop YB-49 prototype at Muroc Air Force Base . The base was renamed Edwards Air Force Base on December 8, 1949 in honor of Glen Edwards .
Web links
- Official Biography of Glen Edwards ( Memento January 7, 2007 on the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edwards, Glen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edwards, Glen Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American test pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Medicine Hat , Alberta, Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1948 |
| Place of death | Area of today's Edwards Air Force Base , California |