Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

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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Charles V. Brantley

Charles Vernon Brantley June 1, 1920 – June 4, 1970 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation date: 5/23/1944 Rank at time of graduation: Flt. Officer Unit: 332nd Fighter

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