Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

Newman C. Golden

1st LT Newman C. Golden Oct 12, 1919 – Oct 17, 1951 Class: 44-G-SE Graduation Date: August 4, 1944 Graduation Rank: 1st Lt Unit: 99th

Read More »

Levi Thornhill

Major Levi Thornhill September 12, 1922 – September 10, 2020 “Give them (youth) motivation, if the mind is excited about something, it explores it more.”

Read More »

Christopher W. Newman

Christopher W. Newman April 18, 1922 – October 21, 2022 Class 43-I-SE Graduation Date: 10/1/1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Squadron Service # 0814201

Read More »

James A. Cotten

Special Order 159 29 Jun 49 Lockbourne1927 – August 14, 2020 “I learned about respect. Regardless of what color you are, whether you’re male or

Read More »

Herbert H. Jones, Jr.

November 9, 1923 – August 2020 Former Tuskegee Airman, Flight Instructor/Owner, and President of International Air Association Herbert H. Jones Jr. career in aviation, spanning

Read More »

Beatrice E. Hill

Second Lieutenant Beatrice E. Hill was a dispensary nurse at Tuskegee Army Air Field. She was a graduate of Hampton Institute School of Nursing. It

Read More »

Marjorie A. Franklin

According to the July 15,1946 station hospital roster, Marjorie A. Franklin was a first lieutenant and had separated from the service. Janet Tarolli, a Michigan

Read More »

Eugene D. Smith

Red Tail / Angel Combat Pilot “I guess I’ve never been accepted by anybody.  My birth certificate makes me too black for white people; and

Read More »