Clifton C. Williams Jr.

Test pilot and astronaut Clifton C. Williams Jr. (1932-1967) was a native of Mobile, Mobile County. He was slated to pilot the Apollo mission's Lunar Module that would land on the Moon but was killed in a plane crash in 1967.

Portrait of Clifton C. Williams Jr., standing with a tabletop model of a rocket
Courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Portrait of Clifton C. Williams Jr., standing with a tabletop model of a rocket