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Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. with a Korean child during his assignment as commander of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing in the early 1950s.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Davis led the Tuskegee airmen during World War II in air combat over North Africa and Italy and long-range bomber escort missions over Nazi Germany.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Addresses Pilots
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. speaks to the pilots and airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Confers with William R. Thompson
Seated in the cockpit of his P-51, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. confers with William R. Thompson (center) and another squadron officer.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Recognizes 200 Missions
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. recognizes the milestone of 200 escort missions for the 332nd Fighter Group at Ramitelli Airfield, Italy, in 1945.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. with His Staff
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (third from left) with his staff.
Bessie Coleman
Coleman broke through the headwinds of racial prejudice as a barnstorming pilot at air shows in the 1920s.
Bessie Coleman Aero Club
In the early 1930s Powell had organized the Bessie Coleman Aero Club to promote aviation awareness in the black community.
Bessie Coleman's Pilot’s License
Bessie Coleman earned, at the Caudron brothers’ aviation school in France, an internationally recognized pilot’s license on June 15, 1921.
Books by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh's bestselling books North to the Orient and Listen! The Wind are based on her diaries from the Sirius flights.
