First class of Negro pilots to graduate in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps

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Creator:

Southeast Air Corps Training Center.

Date Created:

March 6, 1942

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Still image

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black-and-white photographs

Extent / Dimensions:

08.91 x 10.83 inches

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Verso: Foreign pilots, 3 cols, do not use before 11 A.M., March 7, 1942, Army/US/Nevada. The first class of Negro pilots graduated in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps received their wings and commissions as second lieutenants in the Air Corps from Major General George E. Stratemeyer, Commanding the Southeast Air Corps Training Center, at graduating exercises held at the Advance Flying School, Tuskegee, Ala., today. (March 7, 1942). Among the members of the class are: left to right: G.S. Roberts, of London, W. Va.; Capt. B.O. Davis of Washington D.C.; C.H. DeBow, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Lt. R.M. Long, and instructor; Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, and L.R. Curtis of New Rochelle, N.Y. It is expected that they will be assigned to the 99th Pursuit Squadron, only Negro squadron in the Air Corps. Other Negro aviation cadets now in training are expected to join them in the near future. - Photo by Southeast Air Corps Training Center. 3/6/42, PM-File, Mar. 9, 1942, used Dec. 13, 1944, 3 col x 28 fr. This is the first class of Negro pilots graduated in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps. They received their wings at the Advance Flying School in Tuskegee, Ala., in 1942. The pilots are: G.S. Roberts, Col. Davis (then Captain), C.H. DeBow, Lt. R.M. Long, their instructor; Mac Ross and L.R. Curtis, of New Rochelle, N.Y.