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Clifton Curtis Williams Jr., was an American naval aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer, major in the United States Marine Corps, and NASA astronaut, who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space. The crash was caused by a mechanical failure in a NASA T-38 jet trainer, which he was piloting to visit his parents in Mobile, Alabama. The failure caused the flight controls to stop responding, and although he activated the ejection seat, it did not save him. He was the fourth astronaut from NASA's Astronaut Group 3 to have died, the first two having been killed in separate T-38 flights, and the third in the Apollo 1 fire earlier that year. The aircraft crashed in Florida near Tallahassee within an hour of departing Patrick AFB.

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1932 — 1967  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Clifton 'C.C.' Williams
astronaut, military officer, engineer, test pilot, aircraft pilot, NASA Astronaut Group 3, United States, 

NASA Astronaut Group 3, 

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United States, NASA Astronaut Group 3, 

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ANCExplorer Clifton Williams grave

ASTRONAUT CLIFTON C. WILLIAMS - GEMINI-TITAN GT-X - EGRESS TRAINING - KC-135 - OH

Astronaut Group Three Annotated

Patuxent River Class 28. John D. Yamnicky is in the second row from the front, at left. The marine next to him is C. C. Williams

Portrait of third group of NASA astronauts

Williams-c

NASA Astronauts Desert Survival Training - GPN-2002-000014

Williams-c

DESERT SURVIVAL TRAINING - ASTRONAUT CUNNINGHAM, WALTER - NV

Clifton WilliamsS65-18063

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		ANCExplorer Clifton Williams grave		Commons
commons	image		ASTRONAUT CLIFTON C. WILLIAMS - GEMINI-TITAN GT-X - EGRESS TRAINING - KC-135 - OH		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut Group Three Annotated		Commons
commons	image		Patuxent River Class 28. John D. Yamnicky is in the second row from the front, at left. The marine next to him is C. C. Williams		Commons
commons	image		Portrait of third group of NASA astronauts		Commons
commons	image		Williams-c		Commons
commons	image		NASA Astronauts Desert Survival Training - GPN-2002-000014		Commons
commons	image		Williams-c		Commons
commons	image		DESERT SURVIVAL TRAINING - ASTRONAUT CUNNINGHAM, WALTER - NV		Commons
commons	image		Clifton WilliamsS65-18063		Commons