Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

John Herbert Lyle

John Herbert “Jack” Lyle November 7, 1920 – January 5, 2019 Class 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T64638 Chicago, IL Jack graduated from Englewood High School,

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Gilbert A. Cargill

Gilbert A. Cargill June 4, 1916 – July 15, 2004 Tuskegee Airman, Aviation Pioneer. Gilbert Cargill encountered his first airplane as a youth in Oberlin,

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Eldridge F. Williams

Lieutenant  Eldridge F. Williams November 2, 1917 – July 2, 2015 Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge F. Williams was one of the first trainers of Tuskegee Airmen. 

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Cornelius Davis

Cornelius Davis March 12, 1921 – On Friday, May 3, 2013 the State of Florida passes a resolution honoring Tuskegee Airman Cornelius Davis. Below is

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Samuel Martin Bruce

2d Lt Samuel Martin Bruce December 7, 1915 – January 27, 1944 Class 42-H-SE Unit: 79th Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron Service # O-792417 In

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Robert D. Holts

Cpl. Robert D. Holts – Omaha, NE 1924 – February 12, 2021 Born in 1924 in north Omaha, the son of Robert William and Eunice (Anderson)

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Richard Hall Jr.

Richard Hall Jr. 1924 – January 26, 2021 Richard’s family moved in 1924 from Georgia to Winter Park, Florida, when Hall was only 6 months

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Lemuel Rodney Custis

Lemuel Rodney Custis 1915 – February 24, 2005 Class: 42-C-SE Graduation Date: 3/6/1942 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron Service # 0441128 Lemuel Rodney

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Samuel Leftenant

2d Lt Samuel Gordon Leftenant March 16, 1924 – April 12, 1945 Class 44-H-SE Graduation Date: September 8, 1944 Graduation Rank: 2d Lt Unit: 332nd

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