Officer T63113 Glen Rock NJ, Hayes, Lee A. Officer T64642 Rutherford NJ, Spears, Leon W. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Officer T69746 Los Angeles CA, Powell, William S., Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. The pilots formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. Officer T64644 Chicago IL, Williams, Robert W. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830797 Ottumwa IA, Williams, Romeo M. 42-K-SE 12/13/1942 2nd Lt. 0794604 Marshall TX, Williams, Thomas E. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843242 Philadelphia PA, Williams, Vincent E. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 Flt. WebThe Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site was the primary flight training facility for Negro military pilots in Tuskegee during World War II. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790462 Muskogee OK, McIntyre, Clinton E. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075549 Bronx NY, McIntyre, Herbert A. Officer T70240 Boston MA, Robbins, Emory L.,Jr. The Tuskegee Airmen: 5 Fascinating FactsThe Tuskegee Airmen once shot down three German jets in a single day. On March 24, 1944, a fleet of P-51 Mustangs led by Colonel Benjamin O. Thurgood Marshall, the future Supreme Court justice, got his start defending Tuskegee bomber trainees. The Airmen might have never gotten off the ground without Eleanor Roosevelts help. More items He joined the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991. Officer T69741 Los Angeles CA, Hunter, Charles H. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0367472 Washington DC, Hunter, Henry A. He taught himself to fly in the 1920s and became chief flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in World War II. WebList of Tuskegee Airmen. Officer T70545 Chicago IL, Hurt, Wesley, D. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843109 Philadelphia PA, Hutchins, Freddie E. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801171 Donaldsonville GA, Hutton, Oscar D. 43-]-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814830 Chicago IL, Hymes, William H. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841160 Lincoln Univ. The dramatic silver screen tale brought the exploits of the Red Tail warriors to a new generation of grateful Americans. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. A Tuskegee combat pilot during World War II, he shot down three German fighter planes in one day. Officer T67983 New London OH, Williams, Yancey 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 1st Lt. 0423693 Tulsa OK, Williamson, Willie A. Officer T149986 Detroit MI, Barland, Herbert C. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01168159 Chicago IL, Barnes, Gentry E. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828045 Lawrenceville IL, Barnett, Herman A. I think I was successful. Officer T70093 Fresno CA, Bing, George L. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835406 Brooklyn NY, Black, Samuel A. Chicago Tribune March 3, 2023. Thomas, Edward M. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814841 Chicago IL, Thomas, Walter H., Jr. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Officer T70242 Austin TX, Toppins, Edward L. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792425 San Francisco CA, Tresville, Robert B., Jr. 42-K-SE 12/13/1942 2nd Lt. 025761 Bay City TX, Trott, Robert G. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843008 Mt. More information on the Tuskegee Airmen can be found at the website of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. www.tuskegeeairmen.org. Officer T67150 Chicago IL, Walker, Charles E. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819451 Jackson MI, Walker, Frank D. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807111 Richmond KY, Walker, James A. Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars, has died. Officer T70554 Philadelphia PA, Ballard, Alton F. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811173 Pasadena CA NI, Barksdale, James M. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. Officer T149984 Chicago IL, Baugh, Howard L. 42:J-SE 11/10/1942 2nd Lt. 0793705 Petersburg VA, Bee, Clarence Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842579 Kansas City MO, Bell, George E. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102113 Altoona PA, Bell, John J. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838167 Cadiz OH, Mason, Vincent 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814820 Orange NJ, Matthews, Charles R. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02090286 Philadelphia PA, Matthews, George B. Officer T62816 Purcellville VA. Cooper, Charles W. 44-H-SE 9/8/44 Flt. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 Flt. On The Home Front Noel F. Parrish At segregated Tuskegee, Parrish offered inspired leadership for the training of black pilots and airmen. Officer T68704 New York NY, Henson, James W. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842583 Baltimore MD, Herrington, Aaron 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830788 Raleigh NC, Herron, Walter 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 1st Lt. 01311585 Memphis TN, Hervey, Henry P., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817601 Chicago IL, Heywood, Herbert H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824833 St. Croix VI, Hicks, Arthur N. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842882 Dayton OH, Hicks, Frederick P. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01030252 San Francisco CA, Higginbotham, Mitchell 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841164 Sewickley PA, Highbaugh, Earl B. Along with physician and benefactor Dr. Albert Forsythe, Anderson became the first Black pilot to crisscross the United States by air in 1933. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 Flt. Ellis, Everett M. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 0210201 Baltimore MD, Ellis, William B. He was 102. Officer T69751 Itasca TX, Long, Wilbur F. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821915 New Rochelle NY, Love, Thomas W.,Jr. Tuskegee Airman Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, who was among the first Black men to fly a B-52 bomber, was honored for his service during in 2017 during a Black Charles "Chief" Anderson was the first licensed Black commercial pilot in America in 1932. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814825 Los Angeles CA, Brown, James W. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838166 Detroit MI, Brown, Lawrence A. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T64636 Cincinnati OH, Goldsby, Charles S. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. It also helped forge a national reputation for the Tuskegee Airmen a reputation that would soon be steeled under fire in the skies over Europe. Keith, Laurel E. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835319 Cassopolis MI . Only 992 Tuskegee Airmen flew fighter planes in World War II, yet 14,000 served among them bomber crews, reconnaissance plane pilots, grounds crew and various other support staff, notes Tuskegee Airmen historian Haulman. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819450 Washington PA, Russell, James C. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 1st Lt. 01581149 Bakersfield CA, Gordon, Elmer 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798947 Portsmouth VA, Gordon, Joseph E. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821912 Brooklyn NY, Gordon, William M. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798948 Mobile AL, Gorham, Alfred M. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821913 Waukesha WI, Gould, Cornelius Po, Jr. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 Flt. Anderson lived long enough to see the story of the men he introduced to flying immortalized in the 1995 movie "The Tuskegee Airmen," starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lawrence Fishburne. Officer T70109 Jersey City NJ, Williams, Robert E.,Jr. Officer T70561 Oberlin OH, Proctor, Oliver W. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. COVID-19 PCR tests required for new andreturning students. He was 96. Officer T70562 Lawrenceville VA, Street, Thomas C. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835415 Springfield NJ, Suggs, John J. Officer T70238 East Berkley WV, Price, Charles R. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. To read more stories in this unique "Meet the American Who" series from Fox News Digital, click here. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. His father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., had already broken down barriers as the first brigadier general in the U.S. Army. (Tuskegee University Archives). He's buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Officer T70236 Cleveland OH, O'Neil, Robert 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819463 Detroit MI, Orduna, Ralph 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830793 Omaha NE, Page, Maurice R. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809251 Los Angeles CA, Palmer, Augustus L. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843240 Newport News VA, Palmer, Walter 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 05 New York NY, Parker, Frederick L., Jr. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 01166345 Chicago IL, Parker, George 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. WebIn October 1944, he graduated from the Tuskegee Flight Program and was commissioned a second lieutenant. TopHBCUs. Clemens MI, Moffett, Wilbur 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. "I listened to my instructors, I learned a lot and did the best I could. CO, Hunter, Willie S. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807097 Albany GA, Hurd, James A. Fewer than 1,000 pilots served with the Tuskegee Airmen. Officer T69976 Gary IN, Myers, Charles P. 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838158 Indianapolis IN, Nalle, Russell C., Jr. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T136674 Boston MA, Mosley, John W. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835404 Denver CO, Moss, Richard M. 46-B-SE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Mozee, David M., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. The Tuskegee Airmen First Group of African-American Fighter Pilots in WW2 By Stephen Sherman, Feb. 2000. Officer T62811 Mt. She's pictured here in a Piper J-3 Cub trainer with Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson, a pioneer Black aviator and instructor at Tuskegee Institute. "I had the fun of going up in one of the tiny training planes with the head instructor." Officer T67153 Muncie IN, Finley, Clarence C. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841266 Chicago IL, Finley, Otis 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843245 St. Louis MO, Fischer, James H. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Hardy is one of three known surviving Tuskegee Airmen who flew fighter planes in World War II. Officer T66143 St. Louis MO, Lane, Earl R. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828052 Wickliffe OH, Langston, Carroll N., Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814197 Chicago IL, Lanham, Jimmy 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830791 Philadelphia PA, Lankford, Joshua 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 02069227 San Antonio TX, Lawrence, Erwin B. Clarence Lucky Lester had a storied career that included shooting down three enemy planes in a single mission during World War II. will fityour personality. Officer T64632 Portland OR, Millett, Joseph H. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838157 Los Angeles CA, Mills, Clinton B. Officer T62808 Danville IL, Wilson, Theodore A. "His reputation was that he expected a lot out of us," World War II veteran and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy, 97, told Fox News Digital. (U.S. Air Force photo). Following each name is their class number, graduation date, rank held at Tuskegee, serial number, and hometown. He's believed to be the first African American commercial pilot in the United States. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 Flt. The names listed below are the names of all the PILOT GRADUATES from the Tuskegee Flight School. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790453 Tuskegee AL, Carey, Carl E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838025 St. Louis MO, Carpenter, Russell W. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839085 Plainfield NJ, Carroll, Alfred Q., Jr. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814827 Washington DC, Carroll, Lawrence W. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843353 Chicago IL, Carter, Clarence J. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02078770 Denison TX, Bynum, Rolin A. AL, Rogers, Cornelius G. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809252 Chicago IL, Rogers, John W. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0791540 Chicago IL, Rohlsen, Henry E. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0574092 Christiansted VI, Romine, Roger 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811288 Oakland CA, Ross, Mac 42-C-SE 3/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0441129 Dayton OH, Ross, Merrill Ray 45-I-SE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 02102015 Pineville KY, Ross, Washington D. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814204 Ashland KY, Rowe, Claude A. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. The heroic U.S Army Air Forces pilots battled for equality at home before they battled Nazis in the skies over Europe. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T62813 Los Angeles CA, Williams, William F. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807114 Cleveland OH, Williams, William L.,Jr. Officer T68700 Jamaica NY, Brown, Reuben H., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843235 Kansas City MO, Brown, Robert S. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01048706 Minneapolis MN, Brown, Roger B. He stands among the many legendary figures to emerge from the famous unit, trained to fly and fight under a system devised and led by self-taught pilot Chief Anderson. Officer T67158 Bronx NY, White, Sherman W. 42-E-SE 5/20/1942 2nd Lt. 0789431 Montgomery AL, White, Vertner, Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843248 Cleveland OH, Whitehead, John L., Jr. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838035 Lawrenceville VA, Whiten, Joseph 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817604 New York NY, Whiteside, Albert 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. Officer T70557 Albion MI, Weathers, Luke 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801178 Memphis TN, Webb, Rhohelia 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835322 Baltimore MD, Wells,Johnson C. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807112 Buffalo NY, Wells, Wendell D. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817606 Washington DC, Westbrook, Shelby F. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821921 Toledo OH, Westmoreland, Julius C. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843241 Washington DC, Westmoreland, Walter D. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809257 Atlanta GA, Wheeler, Jimmie D. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828059 Detroit MI, Wheeler, William M. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824843 Detroit MI, White, Charles L. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824844 St. Louis MO, White, Cohen M. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821922 Detroit MI, White, Ferrier H. 44-I-l-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01824829 Oberlin OH, White, Harold L. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835416 Detroit MI, White, Harry W. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. Officer T63116 Augusta GA, Ramsey, Pierce T. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST RECORDED THE BLUES, NATION'S ORIGINAL POP DIVA MAMIE SMITH. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075559 New York NY, Saunders, Martin G. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843106 Jamaica NY, Saunders, Pearlee E. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798951 Bessemer AL, Sawyer, Harold E. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801175 Columbus OH, Scales, Norman W. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814205 Austin TX, Schell, Wyrain T. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. The first military class of cadets began training at Kennedy Field in August 1941, after Moton Field was completed, primary flight training moved there in September 1941.
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