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Topic: Neil Armstrong and Jimmie Mattern's watch
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Philip
Member Posts: 6273
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 04-19-2021 08:23 AM
   
During Gemini VIII, Neil Armstrong wore a large Wittnauer-Weems aviator big crown wristwatch strapped over his right forearm. This aviator watch belonged to his childhood hero, aviator James "Jimmie" Mattern.Later during Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong carried James Mattern's pilot license onboard the historic moon landing mission! |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 305
From: Lake Orion, MI
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 04-20-2021 05:47 AM
I just read Mattern's Wikipedia bio page. That's exactly the kind of person Neil Armstrong would have loved. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6273
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-09-2024 03:23 AM
One of James Mattern's aviator watches was on display at The Frontiers of Flight museum in Dallas, Texas. About the Gemini VIII pre-launch suit-up procedure we read: As the Gemini VIII astronauts donned their suits, a watch belonging to aviation pioneer Jimmy Mattern was strapped around Neil Armstrong's wrist, and pieces of wood and cloth from an old Douglas World Cruiser, the New Orleans, were packed with David Scott's personal effects. Both were on loan from the museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Any idea where Mattern's space-flown wrist watch is displayed nowadays? |
Philip
Member Posts: 6273
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-20-2024 03:39 AM
Update, I contacted the James Mattern heritage team and it seems that the space-flown aviator wrist watch was stolen and has disappeared. |
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