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William Rankin

military officer

William Rankin

Survivor of fall through a thunderstorm cloud (1920–2009)

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About William Rankin

Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin was the first person to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud. He was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a World War II and Korean War veteran. In 1959, he was flying an F-8 Crusader jet fighter over a cumulonimbus cloud when the engine failed, and he ejected and parachuted into the cloud. Rankin wrote a book about his experience, The Man Who Rode the Thunder.

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Occupation: military officer, writer, aircraft pilot, career officer
Citizenship: United States

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Born

October 16, 1920

Died

July 6, 2009

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