William Kincheloe wrote:

Bill,

Most people ask if I'm related to the black guy on Hogan's Heros! I usually
assure them that his being fictional and my being white, makes it unlikely.

Yes, He is my distant cousin. Don't ask me what degree or how many time
removed. (My dad's 2nd Cousin, I think)  He died before I was born. I don't
know any of his immediate family but one of these days I may look them up
and see if they want any of the clippings and stuff entrusted to me as the
family's engineer/pilot. I think being told about him as a kid had a lot to
do with my interest in aviation.

In addition to being a record setter in the X-2 project he was also a Double
Ace (11 kills) in F-86's in the Korean War. He was the lead test pilot in
the F-104's development. Ironically, he died in an F-104 accident years
later in the early stages of the X-15 project. He ingested a bird on takeoff
according to some versions of the story.

There was an SAC base in the upper peninsula of Michigan renamed for him. It
used to be Kinross. Now it only has a prison operating on the property.

Seems like a lot of male Kincheloes' (there are far more than I ever
thought) are pilots. I'm only a lowly PP-ASEL but if I ever get my aerobatic
two-seater designed and built, I'll be a test pilot too.

Aw heck, I'll scan some of the stuff I've got. Hang on a sec.

I'd be interested to know what kind of work your two friends and relative
did.

Thanks for getting me to dig this stuff up. I haven't looked at it in a
while.

-William Kincheloe

William too much to publish. Send it to Bill directly.

Paul Lamar
 
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