Oliver Goodall (May 28, 1922 – October 30, 2010)http://www.plazanoir.com/tuskegee-airmen-oliver-goodall-dies-at-88/ was an American military aviator who served with 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 ...

during World War II. He was involved in the Freeman Field Mutiny, and he was active member in the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.

Early life

Goodall attended the

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. He joined the United States Army Air Force in

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. He did most of his training at

Selfridge Field Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the Unit ...

with the rest of the

477th Bombardment Group 477th may refer to: * 477th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *477th Fighter Group, the Air Force Reserve Command's first F-22A Raptor unit * 477th Tactical Fighter Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit See also ...

The mutiny

The Freeman Field Mutiny was a culmination of many events that were caused by racism. The first was the switch from the 477th home base to a much smaller and less well-equipped base. The second being the racist commander not allowing blacks and whites to talk to each other, and the third not allowing the black officer into the officer club. This then led to 162 black officers walking into the club and then being arrested. Eventually they were acquitted. On April 5, 1945 the mutiny occurred. This happened when the last of the troops at Godman were relocated to Freeman. Then when they got there 162 of the black officers walked into the white officers club a few at a time and they were all put under house arrest as they entered. Goodall stated:

"It was unconstitutional, and I wasn't going to take it. We decided to walk into the officers club, and 162 of us were put under house arrest. When the war ended, they wanted to get rid of us, and they started with the troublemakers, which included me."

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Eastman, Q. (2005). Tuskegee airman visits Northrop Grumman.
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Retrieved 24 September 2006 *Murphey, Major John D.; (1997). ''The Freeman Field Mutiny: A Study in Leadership.'' Unpublished manuscript.

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