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List Of Tuskegee Airmen
List of Tuskegee Airmen contains the names of the Tuskegee Airmen, who were a group of primarily African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. They were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2006. There are 1007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. For a complete list of 1007 graduate cadet pilots, see the List of Tuskegee Airmen Cadet Pilot Graduation Classes. List of Tuskegee Airmen A * Paul Adams (pilot) * Rutherford H. Adkins * Halbert Alexander * William Armstrong * Lee Archer * Robert Ashby B * William Bartley * Howard Baugh * Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler * George L. Brown * Harold Brown * Roscoe Brown * Victor W. Butler * William Burden C * William A. Campbell * Herbert Carter * Raymond Cassagnol * Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. * Herbert V. Clark * Granville C. Cogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler
Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler (June 8, 1925 – August 10, 2007) was an American military serviceman and electrician. He was trained with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Military service He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces at age 17. By the time he was awarded his wings in 1944, there was no need for more pilots. He left the service in 1947 as a second lieutenant. He graduated from Hampton University in Virginia. Post-war life Bohler and his family moved to Tampa, Florida in 1950. This time, he was told that he could not own his own business. His persistence again paid off as he became Tampa's first African-American licensed electrician and built a successful business, rising to become one of Tampa's first African-American millionaires. In 1960, Bohler, his wife and their three children went to the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa. The family was denied entry to the zoo because of their race. Bohler sued the city for discrimination. During the two years it took to hear t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Crenchaw
Milton Pitts Crenchaw (January 13, 1919 – November 17, 2015) was an American aviator who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and was the first Arkansan to be trained by the federal government as a civilian licensed pilot. He served during World War II as a civilian flight instructor. He was one of the two original supervising squadron members. In 1998 he was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame. The grandson of a slave, he was known as the "father of black aviation in Arkansas" who broke through color barriers in the military. Early life Crenchaw was born to Reverend Joseph C. Crenchaw and Ethel Pitts Crenchaw at Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1919. His father was a local civil rights leader with the NAACP His grandfather was a slave. In 1937 he graduated from Dunbar High School in Arkansas. He enrolled at the Tuskegee Institute in 1939, to study auto mechanics. Crenchaw and Ruby Hockenhull were married on December 22, 1942 in Tuskegee, Alabama. They ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville C
Granville may refer to: People and fictional characters *Granville (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Earl Granville, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain and of the UK *Baron Granville, a title in the Peerage of England Places Australia * Granville, New South Wales ** Municipality of Granville ** Electoral district of Granville * Granville, Queensland, a suburb of Maryborough ** Shire of Granville, Queensland * County of Granville, South Australia * Granville Harbour, Tasmania Canada * Granville, Edmonton, Alberta * Granville, British Columbia, former name of Vancouver ** Granville Island, a peninsula in Vancouver ** Granville Street, a major road in Vancouver ** Vancouver Granville (electoral district) United States * Granville, Arizona * Granville, Illinois * Granville, Indiana, a former town in Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County * Granville, Delaware County, Indiana * Granville, Iowa * Granville, Massachusetts **Granville State For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert V
Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket (''Great Expectations'' character), Pip's close friend and roommate in the Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr
Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the singing group S.E.S. * Eugene (wrestler), professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore * Franklin Eugene (producer), American film producer * Gene Eugene, stage name of Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician Gene Andrusco (1961–2000) * Wendell Eugene (1923–2017), American jazz musician Places Canada * Mount Eugene, in Nunavut; the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island United States * Eugene, Oregon, a city ** Eugene, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area ** Eugene (Amtrak station) * Eugene Apartments, NRHP-listed apartment complex in Portland, Oregon * Eugene, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Eugene, Missouri, an unincorporated town Business * Eugene Green Energy Standard, an internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Cassagnol
Raymond Cassagnol (born September 20, 1920) is a Haitian former Air Force officer/flight instructor, former alleged Haitian rebel leader, and one of the first Haitian Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or “Schwartze Vogelmenschen” ("Black Birdmen") or among enemy German pilots. Cassagnol is the former aviation classmate and roommate of Daniel James Jr., the first-ever African American four-star general.U.S. Air Force, Air Force News Agency. "Tuskegee memories: Raymond Cassagnol's Tuskegee training helped start the Haitian air force." https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tuskegee+memories%3a+Raymond+Cassagnol%27s+Tuskegee+training+helped+start...-a083791613 He is Haiti's first World War II-trained combat fighter pilot in history.CAF Rise Above. "Raymond Cassagnol." https://cafriseabove.org/raymond-cassagnol/ A centenarian, Cassagnol is the last surviving Haitian Tuskegee Airmen. He is also the author of the 2004 autobiographical "Mémoires d’un Révolutionaire, published in French." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Carter (pilot)
Herbert Eugene Carter (September 27, 1919 – November 8, 2012) was an American military officer of the United States Air Force. He was a member of the original thirty-three members of the Tuskegee Airmen. He flew 77 missions with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Childhood and family Carter was born in Amory, Mississippi on September 27, 1919. He was one of ten children in his family. His father, George Washington Carter, was African-American, while his mother, Willie Ann Sykes Carter, was Native American. George Washington Carter was Amory's superintendent of utilities, "a prominent position for a black man of that era." Education and military training Carter's parents sent him to Tuskegee, Alabama at age sixteen to continue his education. There, he lived with his older brother, who also ran the grocery store where Herbert worked. He finished high school in Tuskegee and went on to Tuskegee University. Carter enrolled in the university's branch of the Civilian Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Calvin Cheatham 1951
Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the singing group S.E.S. * Eugene (wrestler), professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore * Franklin Eugene (producer), American film producer * Gene Eugene, stage name of Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician Gene Andrusco (1961–2000) * Wendell Eugene (1923–2017), American jazz musician Places Canada * Mount Eugene, in Nunavut; the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island United States * Eugene, Oregon, a city ** Eugene, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area ** Eugene (Amtrak station) * Eugene Apartments, NRHP-listed apartment complex in Portland, Oregon * Eugene, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Eugene, Missouri, an unincorporated town Business * Eugene Green Energy Standard, an internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Burden (William Douglas Burden, born 1965), American rower
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William Burden may refer to: * William Burden (tenor), American tenor * William Fletcher Burden (1830–1867), American industrialist * William A. M. Burden Sr. (1877–1909), American football player and stock broker * William Douglas Burden (1898–1978), American naturalist and author * William A. M. Burden (1906–1984), American Ambassador to Belgium * Doug Burden William Douglas Burden (born July 29, 1965 in Rutland, Vermont) is an American rower and descendant of the Vanderbilt family through his great great grandmother Emily Thorn Vanderbilt. See also * List of Princeton University Olympians Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor W
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film Music * ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company ** Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label ** Victor Interactive So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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