Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

Benjamin Young, Jr.

2nd Lt. Benjamin Young, Jr. 1922 – 2006 Class 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842887 Philadelphia, PA The following article “Tuskegee Airmen Historical Treasure in the

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Coleman Alexander Young

Coleman Alexander Young May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997 Unit: 477th Medium-Bomber Group Coleman A. Young was a politician, civil rights activist, Tuskegee Airman,

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Claude C. Davis

Claude C. Davis 1920 – April 30, 2012 Class 44-G-TE Claude C. Davis graduated from Tuskegee as part of Class 44G in 1944.  Like many

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Woodrow Wilson Crockett

Woodrow Wilson CrockettAugust 31, 1918 – August 16, 2012Class 43-C-SE 3/25Units: 100th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group Woodrow Wilson Crockett was born on August 31,

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Frank N. Wright

Lt Frank N. Wright March 11, 1917 – March 31, 1945 Class 44-F-SE Graduation Date: June 27, 1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron

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Spurgeon Ellington

1LT Spurgeon Neal Ellington October 17, 1919 – December 10, 1945 Class 43-E-SE 332nd Fighter Group – 99th Fighter Squadron – 15th Air Force Spurgeon

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Wilson Eagleson

Lt. Wilson Vash “Swampy” Eagleson II February 1, 1920 – April 16, 2006 Class: 43-D-SE Graduation date: 4/29/1943 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt

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Irma Cameron Dryden

Irma Cameron Dryden1920 – September 17, 2020 As the Tuskegee Airmen fought for their place in the skies during World War II, they were supported

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Ruth Speight

Tuskegee Airman Nurse Ruth Speight You will also find 2LT Ruth Speight in the 1942 yearbook. She was a surgical nurse at Tuskegee Army Air

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