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
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Take a closer look at the lives and accomplishments of some of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. New profiles are added regularly and will grow as the staff and volunteer of the CAF Red Tail Squadron continue their tireless efforts to research and share the remarkable stories of these important American figures.
*NOTE: The term “Tuskegee Airmen” is not an official USAF definition, but was invented by Charles Francis when he wrote his 1955 book with that title, the USAF does not define the term, and does not determine who is or is not a Tuskegee Airman.
Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated (TAI) defines a Tuskegee Airman as anyone involved in the Tuskegee Airmen experience, who belonged to their units or who were assigned to the installations where their units were assigned, whether those personnel were black or white, male or female. By the TAI definition, the nurses at Tuskegee Army Air Field would be both Tuskegee nurses and Tuskegee Airmen who happened to be nurses.
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Edward Lucien Toppins
Edward L. Toppins June 12, 1915 – December 10, 1946 Class: 42-H-SE Graduation date: 9/6/1942 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 332nd Fighter
Robert B. Tresville, Jr
Captain Robert B. Tresville, Jr. May 9, 1921 – June 22, 1944 Class 42-K-SE Graduation Date: December 13, 1942 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter
Andrew D. Turner
January 6, 1920-September 14, 1947 Class: 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792787 Washington, DC Unit: 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group Photo: Captain (later Major) Andrew
Abbie Voorhies
Abbie Voorhies was born on August 20, 1915, in Moreauville, Louisiana and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana. She was a graduate of Kansas City General Hospital
Quitman C. Walker
1st Lt. Quitman Charles Walker June 21, 1919 – November 19, 1944 Class: 43-A-SE Graduation Date: January 14, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter
James Alonzo Walker
James Alonzo Walker September 20, 1918 – August 23, 2004 Class 43-E-SE Graduation date: 5/28/1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group Service # 0804562 Born in Manning,
William H. Walker
2Lt William H. Walker January 20, 1919 – October 14, 1943 Class 42-K-SE Unit: 100th FS of the 332nd FG Lt Walker was born January
Frank Walker
Lieutenant Frank Douglas Walker December 28, 1919 – April 28, 2013 Class: 43-F-SE Graduation date: 6/30/1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 301st Fighter Squadron Service #
James C. Warren
Lt. Col. James C. Warren August 16, 1923 – May 17, 2014 James C. “Jim” Warren was a member of the world famous “Tuskegee Airmen”
George L. Washington
George Leward Washington DOB – June 4, 1983 George Leward Washington ’25, MS ’30 earned his Bachelors (1925) and Masters (1930), both in Mechanical Engineering (Course
George Watson, Sr.
Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA) George Watson, Sr. August 10, 1920 – June 19, 2017 Supply Sergeant and Support Personnel for the 332nd Fighter Group
Spann Watson
Spann Watson August 14, 1916 – April 15, 2010 Class: 42-F-SE Graduation Date: 7/3/1942 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th’s Operations Officer Service # 0790467 Spann
Luke Weathers, Jr.
Luke Weathers, Jr. December 16, 1920 – October 15, 2011 Class 43-D-SE Unit 332nd Fighter Group Weathers was born December 16, 1920, in Grenada, Mississippi.
Johnson C. Wells
Johnson C. Wells 1920 – September 28, 1943 Class 43-F-SE Second Lieutenant Johnson C. Wells was a Tuskegee Airman whose death cut short a promising
Walter D. Westmoreland
1st Lt Walter Drake Westmoreland June 15, 1920 – October 12, 1944 Class: 43-G-SE Graduation Date: July 28, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 302nd Fighter
Jimmie D. Wheeler
1st Lt Jimmie Douglas Wheeler DOB- March 16, 1945 Class: 44-D-SE Graduation Date: April 15, 1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron Service #
William M. Wheeler
2nd Lt William M. Wheeler August 20, 1923 – July 19, 2011 Class: 44-C-SE Graduation Date: 3/12/1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 302nd Fighter Squadron Service
Hugh J. White
Captain Hugh J. White August 24, 1922 – December 14, 1979 Class: 44-F-SE Unit: 99th Pursuit Squadron of the 322nd Fighter Group Captain White was born
Sherman W. White, Jr.
1st Lt Sherman Windham White, Jr. October 17, 1919 – July 2, 1943 Class: 42-E-SE Graduation Date: May 5, 1942 Unit: O-789431 Service # 332nd
Ferrier H. White
2nd Lt Ferrier H. White October 12, 1921 – April 5, 1945 Class: 44-I-SE Graduation Date: October 16, 1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter
Yenwith K. Whitney
Yenwith K. Whitney December 22, 1924 – April 12, 2011 Class 44-F-SE Unit 301st Fighter Squadron. “I wasn’t concerned about what anyone thought about me.
Robert H. Wiggins
1st Lt. Robert H. Wiggins November 19, 1920 – October 7, 1944 Class 43-G-SE Graduation Date: July 28, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 301st Fighter
James T. Wiley
James T. Wiley August 7, 1918 – May 3, 2000 Class: 42-F-SE Graduation Date: 7/3/1942 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Pursuit Squadron Service # 0790469
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr.
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr. February 9, 1926 – Class: 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843249 Chicago Hgts. IL Unit: 617th Bombardment Squadron of the 477th Bombardment Group Tuskegee Airman
Leonard R. Willette
2nd Lt Leonard R. Willette March 17, 1921 – September 22, 1944 Class: 44-B-SE Graduation Date: February 8, 1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter
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.
Archie Franklin Williams
Archie Franklin Williams May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993 Archie Franklin Williams was an American U.S. Air Force officer, athlete, and teacher, winner of 400-meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
William F. Williams, Jr.
1st Lt William Franklyn Williams, Jr. August 8, 1919- July 21, 1944 Class: 43-F-SE Graduation Date: July 6, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 301st Fighter
Yancey Williams
Yancey Williams February 1, 1916 – October 22, 1953 Class: 44-J-SE Graduation Date: 12/28/1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron Service # 0423693 Yancey
Robert Williams
Robert W. Williams, Jr. September 21, 1922 – September 8, 1997 Class: 44-E-SE 2nd Lt. Graduation date: 5/23/1944 Rank at time of graduation: Unit: 100th
Robert Williams, Jr
Judge Robert Wesley Williams, Jr 1923 – DOD Navigator T 145 158 Bombardier Judge Robert W. Williams, Jr. was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July
Robert W. Williams
September 21, 1922 – September 8, 1997 Class: 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830797 Ottumwa, IA Unit: 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group Pilot
Theodore Wilson
Lt. Colonel Theodore L. Wilson December 25, 1920 – November 9, 2006 Class: 43-F-SE Graduation date: 6/30/1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron Service #
Bertram W. Wilson
LTC Bertram Wadsworth Wilson September 20, 1921 – July 9, 2002 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation date: 5/23/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Service #
Henry Alphonso Wise, Jr.
Henry Alphonso Wise, Jr. May 26, 1920 – May 2, 2003 Class: 44-B-SE Graduation Date: 2/8/194 Service # 0821924 Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron Read his
Kenneth O. Wofford
Class 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842888 Springfield, MO November 22, 1922 – September 5, 2010 Kenneth Wofford, Sr. was born 22 November 1922 to Clarence
Enoch Woodhouse
Brigadier General Enoch O. Woodhouse, II January 14, 1927 – Class: OCS461 Graduation date: December 7, 1946 Financial Officer for the 477th Bombardment Group at
Carl J. Woods
Flight Officer Carl James Woods March 11, 1923 – October 7, 1944 Class 44-D-SE Graduation Date: April 15, 1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter
Carrol S. Woods
Carrol S. Woods 1919 – November 20, 2007 Class: 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811294 Valdosta GA Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron Pilot roster listing Carrol Woods