Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr.

Iven C. Kincheloe Jr.
Born
Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr.

(1928-07-02)July 2, 1928
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1958(1958-07-26) (aged 30)
Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Cause of deathAir crash
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
EducationPurdue University, B.S. 1949
Known fornear-space altitude record
AwardsSilver Star
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross (3)
Air Medal (4)
Aviation career
Air force United States Air Force
BattlesKorean War
Rank Captain

Iven Carl "Kinch" Kincheloe Jr.[a][2] (July 2, 1928 – July 26, 1958)[3][4] was an American pilot. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, in which he was recognized as a flying ace. He continued as a test pilot after the war, participating in the Bell X-2 program, in which he set an altitude record of 126,200 feet (38,470 m) in 1956. For this suborbital flight above most of the atmosphere, he became known as "The First Spaceman".[4][5][6] He was selected for the Air Force's program to put a man in space,[7] but was killed in a plane crash in 1958.

Early life and education

Born July 2, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, Kincheloe grew up in Cassopolis in the southwest part of the state, the only child of Iven C. Kincheloe Sr. (1894–1966) and Frances Wilder Kincheloe. Interested in aviation from a very young age, he graduated from Dowagiac High School in 1945 and attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Kincheloe joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity (Indiana Alpha), and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949. In the summer of 1948, the ROTC cadet met test pilot Chuck Yeager and sat in the cockpit of the Bell X-1.

Korean War

Upon graduation from college, Kincheloe received his commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and entered flight training. After earning his pilot wings in August 1950, he spent a year as a test pilot, flying the F-86E at Edwards Air Force Base, California, was promoted to first lieutenant, and transferred to Korea in September 1951.

During the war, he was assigned to the 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, he flew F-80s on thirty combat missions and F-86s on 101 combat missions, downing five MiG-15s (becoming an ace and earning the Silver Star) before returning to the U.S. in May 1952. At this time, he had reached the rank of captain.

Post-war career

After the war, Kincheloe was a gunnery instructor at Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, Nevada, then resumed his activity as a test pilot (subsequent to his prior flight test activities associated with the F-86E), graduating in December 1954 from the Empire Test Pilots' School at Farnborough, England. He participated in the testing of the Century Series of fighter aircraft (F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo, F-102 Delta Dagger, F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief, and F-106 Delta Dart).

In the mid-1950s, Kincheloe joined the Bell X-2 program and on September 7, 1956,[8] flew at more than 2,000 mph (3,220 km/h) and to a height of 126,200 feet (38,470 m)[3][8] (some sources list 126,500),[4] the first flight ever above 100,000 feet (30,480 m), above 30 km (18.6 mi) and above 20 mi (32.2 km). For this he was nicknamed "America's No. 1 Spaceman". (However, this altitude is below the Kármán line, the threshold for "space" later established by the Fédération aéronautique internationale[b], as well as below the 50-mile-boundary used by the U.S. Air Force.) He was awarded the Mackay Trophy for 1956 for the flight.[9]

The X-2 program was halted three weeks later, after a crash resulted in the death of Mel Apt in a flight in which he became the first person to exceed Mach 3.[10] Kincheloe was later selected as one of the first three pilots in the next rocket-powered aircraft program, the X-15,[11] and would have been part of the Man in Space Soonest project.

Death and legacy

In July 1958, Kincheloe was killed in the crash of an F-104A (Lockheed F-104A-10-LO s/n 56-772) at Edwards Air Force Base; he had ejected at low altitude, but given that the early F-104 used a downwards catapulted ejection seat the deployed parachute did not adequately slow his descent.[11][12] He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.[13] Only thirty years old, Kincheloe was survived by wife, Dorothy, their young son, Iven III, and a daughter who was born two months later, Jeannine.[14]

Awards and decorations

Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze oak leaf cluster
USAF Senior pilot badge
Silver Star Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
with two bronze oak leaf clusters 		Air Medal
with three bronze oak leaf clusters 		Air Force Presidential Unit Citation
with bronze oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal
with three bronze campaign stars 		Air Force Longevity Service Award
with bronze oak leaf cluster
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation United Nations Korea Medal Korean War Service Medal

Silver Star citation

Kincheloe, Iven C.
Captain U.S. Air Force
25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group, Fifth Air Force
Date of Action: April 1, 1952
Citation:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain Iven Carl Kincheloe, United States Air Force, for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United Nations as Pilot of an F-86 Fighter Plane in the 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group, Fifth Air Force, on 1 April 1952. While leading a flight of four F-86 type aircraft, Captain Kincheloe encountered sixteen enemy aircraft attempting to intercept friendly fighter-bombers, Captain Kincheloe quickly broke his flight into elements to engage the enemy, and boldly attacked although greatly outnumbered. He pressed attacks against two of the enemy, completely disregarding efforts of other aircraft to deter him. Displaying unusual aggressiveness, Captain Kincheloe severely damaged the aircraft of the enemy flight leader, forcing him to eject himself, and despite heavy damage to his own aircraft, attacked another and destroyed it completely. Captain Kincheloe's destruction of the two aircraft effectively broke up the enemy force and prevented their attack on the friendly fighter-bombers. Through his personal courage, outstanding airmanship, and devotion to duty, Captain Kincheloe reflected great credit upon himself, the Far East Air Forces, and the United States Air Force.[23]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. is on his grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery. However, his first name is sometimes spelled Ivan.[1] The Right Stuff, however, consistently uses Iven
  2. ^ The FAI established 100 km (62.14 mi) as a space boundary which isn't exactly the altitude of the (varying) Kármán line.

References

  1. ^ Bryan, C. D. B. (1979-09-23). "The Right Stuff". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-04-02.
  2. ^ "Astronaut bio: Robert L. Crippen". NASA, Johnson Space Center. 1997. Retrieved 2006-04-02.
  3. ^ a b Burns, Curtis A. (1975). "Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe Jr". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2006-02-25. Retrieved 2006-04-02.
  4. ^ a b c "Captain Iven C. Kincheloe Jr". Air Force Link. Archived from the original on 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2006-04-02.
  5. ^ Mumford, Lou (September 10, 2006). "Cassopolis native was first man in space". South Bend Tribune. (Indiana). Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "Kincheloe". Archived from the original on December 28, 2016.
  7. ^ "America's First Spaceman". NPR.org. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  8. ^ a b Chant, Christopher (1999). "The chronology of flight 1940 to [1999-03-25]". In Taylor, Michael J.H. (ed.). The world's greatest aircraft. Hertfordshire: Regency House Publishing Ltd. p. 388. ISBN 1-85605-523-X. The Bell X-2 research aircraft is flown by Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe to an altitude of 126,200 ft (38,466m).
  9. ^ "Mackay Trophy". The Air Power Historian. 4 (3): 173. 1957. JSTOR 44512998.
  10. ^ "Needle-nose X-2 dives to earth". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 28, 1956. p. 1.
  11. ^ a b "Jet crash kills pilot slated to be one of first spacemen". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. July 27, 1958. p. 1.
  12. ^ Swopes, Bryan (26 July 2022). "26 July 1958". This Day in Aviation. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Ike asks successor to aid lad". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 18, 1958. p. 2 – via Google News.
  14. ^ Kincheloe's family Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine,
  15. ^ Boster, Steven F. (1969). "Aerospace Profile: Space Age Pioneer". Aerospace Historian. 16 (4): 7–8. JSTOR 44524658.
  16. ^ Smalls, Yashekia (September 24, 2006). "Kincheloe monument restored". South Bend Tribune. (Indiana). Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  17. ^ "Sightings: Capt. Iven Kincheloe Memorial, Cassopolis, Michigan". Bell X-2. 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  18. ^ "Kincheloe Elementary". Dowagiac Union Schools. Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  19. ^ Halley, Blaine (September 19, 1992). "Ceremony Will Honor 5 Test Pilots". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "50th Annual Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony". National Aviation Hall of Fame website. Retrieved on 2011-07-23.
  21. ^ Mumford, Lou (July 22, 2011). "An Honor Long Overdue". South Bend Tribune. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  22. ^ "Need of Human Pilots, Despite Missiles, Seen". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 5, 1958. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Valor awards for Iven Carl Kincheloe". Military Times. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
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