List of Tuskegee Airmen contains the names of the

Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Fighter Group, 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the ...

, who were a group of primarily

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military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in

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. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. They were collectively awarded the

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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

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Paul Adams (pilot) Paul Adams (August 10, 1920 – June 30, 2013) was a World War II pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the first black teachers in the Lincoln Nebraska public school system. Adams also served as the president of the Lincoln Chapter of ...

* Rutherford H. Adkins * Halbert Alexander * William Armstrong * Lee Archer *

Robert Ashby Robert Ashby (born Rashid Suhrawardy; 1940 – 7 February 2019) was a British actor. He worked on stage, television and film. Early life and career Ashby was born in London 1940 as Rashid Suhrawardy to East Pakistani Bengali politician Huseyn S ...

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* William Bartley * Howard Baugh *

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 ...

* George L. Brown * Harold Brown *

Roscoe Brown Roscoe Conkling Brown Jr. (March 9, 1922 – July 2, 2016) was one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a squadron commander of the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group. Career He was appointed to this position in June 1945, which was after ...

* Victor W. Butler *

William Burden 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 ( ...

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* William A. Campbell * Herbert Carter *

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 ...

* Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. * Herbert V. Clark * Granville C. Coggs * Thomas T.J. Collins *

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 se ...

* Woodrow Crockett * Lemuel R. Custis * Floyd J. Crawthon Jr * Doodie Head

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* Clarence Dart * Alfonza W. Davis *

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. He was the first African-American brigadier general in the USAF. On December 9, 1998, h ...

(C/O) * Harry W. Day * Charles DeBow *

Wilfred DeFour SSG Wilfred DeFour (April 12, 1918 – December 8, 2018) was a Panamanian-American soldier and centenarian. Born in Colón, Panama in 1918, DeFour emigrated with his family to the United States when Wilfred was still a child. The family settle ...

Gene Derricotte Eugene Derricotte (June 14, 1926 – March 31, 2023) was an American college football player who was a Halfback (American football), halfback and return specialist for the Michigan Wolverines football, Michigan Wolverines from 1944 to 1948. He ...

* Lawrence Dickson * Charles W. Dryden

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* John Ellis Edwards * Leslie Edwards Jr. * Thomas Ellis * Joseph Elsberry

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* Leavie Farro Jr * James Clayton Flowers * Julius Freeman *

Robert Friend (pilot) Robert Jones Friend (February 29, 1920 – June 21, 2019) was an American military officer and pilot who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and led the USAF's Project Blue Book from 1958 to 1963. He also served during the Korean ...

* William J. Faulkner Jr.

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* Joseph Gomer * Alfred Gorham * Oliver Goodall * Garry Fuller

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* James H. Harvey * Donald A. Hawkins * Kenneth R. Hawkins * Raymond V. Haysbert *

Percy Heath Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout ...

* Maycie Herrington * Mitchell Higginbotham * William Lee Hill * Esteban Hotesse * George Hudson Jr. *

Lincoln Hudson Lincoln T. Hudson (March 12, 1916 – September 26, 1988) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer, World War II fighter pilot, Prisoner of War in Nazi Germany, and a corporate executive. During World War II, Hudson served in the all-African-American ...

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* George J. Iles

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* Eugene B. Jackson * Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. *

Alexander Jefferson Alexander Jefferson (November 15, 1921 – June 22, 2022) was an American Air Force officer, famous as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 332nd Fighter Group. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. His book, ''Red Tail ...

* Buford A. Johnson * Herman A. Johnson * Theodore Johnson

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* Celestus King III * James Johnson Kelly * James B. Knighten

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* Erwin B. Lawrence Jr. * Clarence D. Lester * Theodore Lumpkin Jr * John Lyle

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* Hiram Mann * Walter Manning * Robert L. Martin *

Armour G. McDaniel Armour G. McDaniel, Sr. (July 7, 1916 – November 12, 1989) was an American military officer who served as a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and commanded the 332nd Fighter Group's 301st Fighter Squadron, a Tuskegee Airmen unit. McDaniels also ...

* Charles McGee * Faythe A. McGinnis * John "Mule" Miles * John Mosley

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Fitzroy Newsum Fitzroy "Buck" Newsum (May 22, 1918 – January 5, 2013) was an American military pilot and officer who was one of the original members of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. He reached the rank of colonel before retiring in 1970. Early lif ...

* Norman L Northcross

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Noel F. Parrish Noel Francis Parrish (November 11, 1909 – April 7, 1987) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force who was the white commander of a group of black airmen known as the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. He was a key factor i ...

Alix Pasquet Alix Pasquet (November 14, 1919 – July 29, 1958) was a World War II fighter pilot, one of only five Haitian members of the Tuskegee Airmen, a soccer star, and a political revolutionary. He was killed while leading a coup attempt against Haitia ...

Wendell O. Pruitt Wendell Oliver Pruitt (June 20, 1920 – April 15, 1945) was an American military pilot and Tuskegee Airman originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was killed during a training exercise in 1945.Louis R. Purnell Sr.

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* Wallace P. Reed * William E. Rice * Eugene J. Richardson, Jr. * George S. Roberts * Lawrence E. Roberts *

Isaiah Edward Robinson Jr. Isaiah Edward Robinson Jr. (February 17, 1924 – April 14, 2011) was the first African-American president of the New York City Board of Education. He chaired the Board's Decentralization Committee from May, 1969 to April, 1970. Robinson graduat ...

* Willie Rogers *

Mac Ross Mac Ross (June 12, 1912 – July 10, 1944) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot during World War II. A member of the Tuskegee Airmen, he commanded the 100th Fighter Squadron and served as the Group Operations Officer fo ...

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* Robert Searcy * David Showell * Wilmeth Sidat-Singh * Eugene Smith * Calvin J. Spann * Vernon Sport * Lowell Steward *

Harry Stewart, Jr. Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. (born July 4, 1924) is a retired United States Army Air Forces officer, a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, and a fighter pilot who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the all-African American Tuskegee ...

* Charles "Chuck" Stone Jr. *

Percy Sutton Percy Ellis Sutton (November 24, 1920 – December 26, 2009) was an American political and business leader. An activist in the Civil Rights Movement and lawyer, he was also a Freedom Rider and the legal representative for Malcolm X. He was ...

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* Alva Temple * Roger Terry *

Lucius Theus Lucius Theus (October 11, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an American military officer and aviator. A Tuskegee Airman during World War II, he became the third black Major General in the United States Air Force. Early life Theus was born in M ...

* Edward L. Toppins * Robert B. Tresville * Andrew D. Turner * Herbert Thorpe * Richard Thorpe

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* Thomas Franklin Vaughns * Virgil Richardson

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Army Reserve unit host Tuskegee Airman during unit Black History Month observance 150208-A-GI418-072

* William Harold Walker * Spann Watson * Luke J. Weathers, Jr. * Sherman W. White * Malvin "Mal" Whitfield * James T. Wiley * Oscar Lawton Wilkerson * Henry Wise Jr. * Kenneth Wofford

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Coleman Young Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit. Young had emerged from the far-left ele ...

* Perry H. Young Jr.

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Bell P-39 Airacobra The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat. The P-39 was used by the ...

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time an ...

North American B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in e ...

North American P-51 Mustang The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter aircraft, fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team ...

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bombe ...

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