Edward Givens
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Edward Galen Givens Jr. was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected by NASA in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group, he died in an automobile accident befo
Edward Galen Givens
ARPS Class III graduates Front row: Givens, Tommie Benefield, Charlie Bassett, Greg Neubeck and Mike Collins. Back row: Al Atwell, Neil Garland, Jim Roman, Al Uhalt and Joe Engle.
Givens (sitting row, 1st from left), with fellow Original 19 astronauts
Quiet Birdmen
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The Quiet Birdmen is a secretive club in the United States for male aviators. Founded in 1921 by World War I pilots, the organization meets in various locations, never announced to the public. Members
Edward Givens
…first crewed mission, Apollo 1, and then, after the fire, of Apollo 7. On June 6, 1967, Givens was driving his Volkswagen home from a meeting of the Quiet Birdmen fraternal organization, with two other officers, when he missed a sharp, unmarked turn and crashed into a ditch in Pearland, Texas, near the Manned…
Dean Ivan Lamb's membership card