Tag: Tuskegee Airman

Robert A. Cole

Robert Arthur Cole March 2, 1920 – August 19, 1968 Class: 44-J-SE Flt. Officer Graduation date: 12/28/1944 Rank at time of graduation: Flt. Officer Service

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2nd Lt. William E. Hill

July 31, 1923-November 22, 1943 Class: 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811281 Narragansett, RI Unit: 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group Awards: World War

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Frank Herman Moody

December 18, 1921 – April 11, 1944 Class: 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821917 Los Angeles, CA Unit: 553rd Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Field, MI Virtual Museum

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George "Spanky" Roberts

George S. Roberts

2nd Lt. George S. “Spanky” Roberts September 24, 1918-March 8, 1984 Class: 42-C-SE Graduation: 3/6/1942  Unit: 99th Pursuit Squadron (later known as the Fighter Squadron)

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Col Paul Green

Paul L. Green

Paul L. Green Class 44-G-SE  June 19, 1923 – February 23, 2015 Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group “We [referring to the Tuskegee Airmen]

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Charles Madison Crenchaw

African-American mountaineer and veteran flight engineer September 11, 1921 – October 27, 1998 On July 9, 1964, Charles Crenchaw became the first African-American to summit

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Thomas Marvin Ellis

The first enlisted administrative clerk of the 301st Fighter Squadron!  June 29, 1920  – January 2, 2018 More than a decade before Rosa Parks refused

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Eugene Richardson

2nd Lt. Eugene J. Richardson, Jr Class: 45-A-SE Graduation Date: 3/11/1945 Service # 0841261  Dr. Eugene J. Richardson, Jr  was born in Cleveland, Ohio September

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Hiram E. Mann

Class 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0830329 Cleveland, OH May 23, 1921 – May 17, 2014 Unit: Initially assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron, reassigned to

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