Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

Edmond C. Shivers Sr.

Edmond C. Shivers Sr. 1927 – October 26, 2025 Edmond C. Shivers Sr. was a Documented Original Tuskegee Airman who received his pilot training during World War

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Thomas W. Newton

Thomas Wood Newton was born January 3, 1928, in Tarboro, North Carolina to William Newton and Maggie W. Wood. He is the third of four

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Littleton Mitchell

2LT Littleton Purnell Mitchell Nov 26, 1918 – July 6, 2009 From: Milford, Kent County, Delaware, USA Littleton Purnell Mitchell, known as “Lit,” was born

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Norman Scales Sr.

Norman Scales Sr. November 11, 1918 – May 24, 1981 Class: 43-I-SE Graduation date: 10/1/1943 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 332nd Fighter

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Walter I. Lawson

Walter I. Lawson November 7, 1919 – February 26, 1952 Class: 42-G-SE Graduation date: 8/5/1942 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit:  99th Fighter

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Carl Emerson Johnson Sr.

Carl Emerson Johnson Sr. 1921 – April 11, 1967 Class: 43-I-SE Graduation date: 10/1/1943 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 100th Fighter Squadron Service # 0814194 From: Charlottesville, VA Carl

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John Whitehead

John Lyman Whitehead, Jr. May 14, 1924 – September 6, 1992 Class: 44-H-SE Graduation date: 9/8/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 301st

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Willard L. Woods

Willard L. Woods March 30, 1918 – 2002 Class: 43-H-SE Graduation date: 8/30/1943 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 100th Fighter Squadron Service

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