These images are from NASA and focus on projects that were launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Caneveral. They originally appeared on this site: https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos and were gathered by a researcher who gave them to the San Diego Air and Space Museum. They have embedded metadata which gives a detailed description of the contents of the image.
Kenneth Thoman was a Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the South Pacific as a crew member of Navy PB4Y-1 (B-24).
Kenneth Smith has had a distinguished 43-year career in both the aerospace/electronics industry and in public service, working with Convair and serving as a naval aviator during WWII.
Kenneth Wise served as a Bombardment Pilot with the 505th Bomb Group in the Mariana and Philippine Islands. He was also a Tower Operator at LAOAG Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands for three months. In July 1945, as the war was ending, Wise was flying B-29s over Japan. On August 8, he flew with ninety-one other B-29 bombers and made his last drop on Fukuyama, located in the Hiroshima prefecture. The collection contains personal and professional aviation-related material and documents from 1943-45.
Laura Little was a San Diego-based pilot and a realtor at La Jolla's Century 21 Village Properties. She is originally from Northport, Maine. She earned her pilots license at age 57 and was a member of the San Diego Chapter of the 99s, serving as treasurer in 1972 and 1973.
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