Lieutenant Commander George Clinton Watkins, United States Navy, set a World Altitude Record with a Grumman F11F-1F Tiger, 18 April 1958. (U.S. Navy)
SLUG: ME/Watkins-ob DATE: Downloaded email 10/05/2005 (EEL) CREDIT: U.S. Navy CAPTION: George C. Watkins, record-setting Navy test pilot (photo taken in the 1950s).
I served on USS MARS (AFS1). Capt. Watkins was our skipper during one Vietnam deployment. The best shipboard skipper in my career. Some great stories to reflect his leadership.