William Randolph Lovelace II (1907-1965), American physician. Lovelace is best known for his contributions to aerospace medicine. During World War II, he served in the US Army Air Corps as a colonel. On 24th of June 1943, Lovelace made his first parachute jump from an aircraft 12,253 metres above Ephrata, Washington State, USA testing high-altitude oxygen equipment. The jump knocked him unconscious and his hand was frostbitten after losing his glove during the jump. Lovelace was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the experiment. In 1964, Lovelace was appointed as NASA's Director of Space Medicine and was involved in the selection of astronauts. A year later, Lovelace tragically died in a private plane crash. Photographed on 29th June 1943.