Alton A. Burton November 25, 1925 – November 1, 2018 Alton was born November 25, 1925, in Washington Heights, a northern portion of the borough

Col Dudley Wardell Stevenson May 11, 1918 – October 5, 1982 99th Fighter Squadron communications officer Dudley Stevenson was a pre-Pearl Harbor enlistee into the U.

Chauncey Spencer, Sr. November 5, 1906 – August 21, 2002 ” I’m no paragon of virtue; I’ve lived like other men. But I know what

Jack David Bryant June 5, 1927 – December 20, 2016 Growing up in Dowagiac, Michigan, Jack Bryant knew he wanted to be a pilot. According

Harvey F. Sanford 1926-2016 Unit: 385th Army Air Force Base Unit Harvey was born on Hammond Street in Boston’s South End in 1926 to Oswald

Walter Gilbert Alexander, II 1922- 2009 Class:  45-D-SE Graduation Date:  6/27/1945 Service #: 0842999 Walter Gilbert Alexander II was born in 1922 in Petersburg, Virginia.

SMSgt James Bynum January 6, 1921 – April 29, 2022 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group at Lockbourne, Ohio James Lee Bynum was born on a farm

Isham Albert “Rusty” Burns In 1925, a study from the Army War College concluded that African Americans “lacked the ability to pilot combat aircraft” and were “inferior

John (Booty) Roger Branch January 26, 1920 – May 1, 2018 Branch was born Jan. 26, 1920 in Keswick, Virginia. As a private first class,

Capt. Clarence H. Bradford  Class: 43-K-SE Graduation Date: 12/5/1943 Unit: 301st Fighter Squadron Service # 0817581 2d Lt Clarence H. Bradford graduated from advanced flight