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. 

Luther A. Goodwin

Luther Ambrose Goodwin April 17, 1920 – January 5, 1982 Unit: 477th Composite Group, 618th (Med) Bombardment Squadron. Tuskegee Airman, civil rights activist, and attorney Luther A. Goodwin was

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Joseph Evans Gordon

2d Lt Joseph Evans Gordon May 5, 1923 – August 12, 1944 Class: 44-B-SE Graduation Date: February 8, 1944 Graduation Rank: Second Lieutenant Unit: 332nd

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Alfred M. Gorham

Alfred M. Gorham November 24, 1920 – March 30, 2009 Class: 44-B-SE Unit: 301st Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group During high school, Alfred was

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Leo Roger Gray

Class 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835409 Roxbury, MAMay 30, 1924 – September 23, 2016Unit: 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter GroupAwards: Air Medal with one

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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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William E. Griffin

William E. Griffin DOB unknown – 1979 Class 43-B-SE  Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group Lt. William E. Griffin was shot down over

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Weldon K. Groves

Weldon K. GrovesMay 22, 1917 – May 12, 2008Class 43-F-SEUnit: 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group Weldon K. Groves was born May 22,

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Charles B. Hall

Charles Blakesly Hall Aug. 25, 1920 – November 22, 1971 Class 42-F-SE Graduation Date: 7/3/1942 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron Service # 0790457

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Richard Hall Jr.

Richard Hall Jr. 1924 – January 26, 2021 Richard’s family moved in 1924 from Georgia to Winter Park, Florida, when Hall was only 6 months

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Lt. George Hardy

George E. Hardy

Class 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838029 Philadelphia, PA June 8, 1925 – Unit: 301st Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter GroupAwards: Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal

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Arthur C. Harmon

Arthur C. Harmon June 26, 1925 – May 10, 2006 Harmon was born in Topeka, Kansas on June 26, 1925. Harmon’s family subsequently moved to Los

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Stanley Harris

Stanley Harris April 11, 1919 – August 5, 2001 Class: 43-K-SE Graduation date: 12/5/1943 Unit: 301 Fighter Squadro Service # 0817587 Stanley Lionel Harris was

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William M. Harris

MSgt William M. Harris DOB unknown – June 2, 1944 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group William M. Harris was from Piqua, Ohio. He had enlisted in

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James H. Harvey, III

Class 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838153 Mountain Top, PA July 13, 1923  – Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group Harvey was born

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Thomas Lawson Hawkins

Flt Officer Thomas Lawson Hawkins November 18, 1923 – March 7, 1945 Class:44-E-SE Graduation Date: May 23, 1944 Graduation Rank: Flt Officer Unit: 332nd Fighter

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Vernon V. Haywood

Class 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801168 Raleigh, NC Unit: 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group October 24, 1920 – April 14, 2003 Vernon

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Asa Herring

Lt. Col. Asa Herring, Jr. October 3, 1926 – May 27, 2022 Lt. Col. Asa Herring leaves a legacy of service, featuring his ongoing work

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Wallace Higgins 

Wallace C. Higgins  November 11, 1925 – August 22, 2018 Higgins, born in 1926 in Kendall, N.Y., was always driven by an intense fascination with

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Earl Burton Highbaugh

2d Lt Earl Burton Highbaugh May 13, 1922 – December 2, 1944 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation Date: May 23, 1944 Graduation Rank: Second Lieutenant Unit: 332nd

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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

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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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Wendell W. Hockaday

2nd Lt Wendell W. Hockaday March 9, 1923 – February 25, 1945 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation Date: May 23, 1944 Graduation Rank: Second Lieutenant Unit: 332nd

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Jerry Hodges

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

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Homer Hogues

Homer Hogues April 19, 1927 – June 27, 2023 Born in Navasota, Texas, in 1927, Hogues enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1946 at

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William H. Holloman III

Class 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838030 St. Louis, MOAugust 21, 1924 – June 11, 2010Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group The passion that

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Jack D. Holsclaw

LTC Jack Daniels Holsclaw March 21, 1918 – April 7, 1998 Class: 43-G-SE Graduation Date: 7/28/1943 Unit: 332d Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Squadron Service #

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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

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Robert D. Holts

Cpl. Robert D. Holts – Omaha, NE 1924 – February 12, 2021 Born in 1924 in north Omaha, the son of Robert William and Eunice (Anderson)

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Vernon Hopson

Flt. Officer Vernon Hopson April 28, 1925 – August 28, 2009 Class 44-I-SE Graduation Date: 11/20/1944 Unit: 477th Composite Group Service # T67146 From: Antonio,

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Harold K. Hoskins

LTC Harold Kelly Hoskins February 15,1927-May 1, 2012 Graduation Date: 10/12/48 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 301st Fighter Squadron While he did not serve overseas during

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