Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

Herbert Thorpe

Herbert Thorpe January 14, 1923 – Class: 45-G-TE Graduation date: 10/16/1945 Service # 02080935 Mr. Herbert Thorpe was born in New York City and raised

Read More »

Henry L. Moore

Henry L. Moore April 8, 1921 – September 15, 2012 Graduation date: June, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group Henry was born in Ocilla, Georgia on

Read More »

William Ming

William Robert Ming May 7, 1911 – June 30, 1973 Class: Graduation Date: Unit: Service # William Robert Ming Jr. was an American lawyer, attorney with

Read More »

Luther McIlwain

Luther Everette McIlwain September 23, 1921 – February 8, 2013 Unit: 477th Bombardier Group The first time Luther McIlwain attempted to sign up to join

Read More »

Jerry Hodges

Jerry T. Hodges Jr. June 29, 1925 – December 19, 2024 Class 45-F-TE Graduation date: 9/8/1945 Service # 0843246 Businessman Jerry T. Hodges Jr., who

Read More »

Granville Coggs

Granville C. Coggs Class: 45-G-TE Graduation date: 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. Serial # 02082572 Granville C. Coggs (July 30, 1925 – May 6, 2019 was born in

Read More »

William Mattison

William Theodius Mattison, Sr. October 16, 1916 – January 28, 1951 Class: 42-I-SE Graduation Date: 10/9/1942 Service # 0792785 William T. Mattison was born on

Read More »

Coleman T. Holt

Coleman T. Holt 1922 – January 18, 1999 Born in Tennessee in 1922, Holt resided in Davidson County before his enlistment in the U.S. Army

Read More »

Douglas Bembry

Douglas Bembry January 3, 1924- January 5, 2017 Douglas Bembry from Indianapolis was a member of this revered group. Bembry died in 2017 at the

Read More »