This list compiles all documented cadet pilot graduates who trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, Moton Field, and other locations prior to the U.S. Air Force's deactivation of all-
African American Air units.[2][3][4] There are 1007 documented
Tuskegee Airmen Pilots.[5]
This list includes training in the Tuskegee Aviation Cadet School's three cadet programs:
Twin-Engine Cadet Pilot Class (i.e. trained to fly the North American B-25 Mitchell,[7] or
Liaison Pilot Cadet Class (i.e. training to serve as liaison and service pilots).[8]
This list excludes:
Individuals in non-pilot, support operations.
Anyone who may have attended the Tuskegee Airmen cadet pilot program but failed to graduate. Such individuals were often pejoratively deemed as "washed out". Some "washed out" cadets were transferred to the 477th Bombardment Group, Tuskegee's "bomber boys".[9] The 477th comprised four squadrons of B-25 Mitchell bombers, stationed at
Hondo Army Air Field in
Texas.[9] This group did not see combat in World War II. On October 25, 1943, the inaugural group of "washed out" Tuskegee Airmen arrived at Hondo.[9]
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-42-C – March 7, 1942
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-42-G – August 5, 1942
2nd Lt Richard C. Davis
†, killed in action on January 30, 1943.[10]
2nd Lt
Willie H. Fuller, listed as Willie Fuller. Not to be confused with Flight Officer William A. Fuller Jr. of Single Engine Section Cadet Class SE-45-E, August 4, 1945)
2nd Lt Cassius C.A. Harris
2nd Lt Earl E. King ("Wamba" King)
†, killed in action on March 12, 1943. The Tuskegee Airmen's third ever casualty[10][11]
2nd Lt William T. Mattison, killed January 28, 1951 piloting U.S. Air Force C-45F "Expeditor" #44-87287 in a weather-related crash near
Oak Harbor, Ohio.[15]
2nd Lt William H. Walker, killed in mid-air collision with 2nd Lt. LeRoi S, Williams on October 14, 1943, near Selfridge Field, Michigan[18] (This is not accurate, Lt. William H. Walker was not killed in air see foot note number 64)
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Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-43-E – May 28, 1943
2nd Lt John F. Briggs
2nd Lt Milton R Brooks
2nd Lt Charles M. Bussey
2nd Lt Spurgeon N. Ellington
2nd Lt Maurice V. Esters, declared dead after forced to bail from his plane over the
Adriatic Sea when his engine failed on June 26, 1944[27]
2nd Lt Clemenceau M. Giving, drowned in Naples Harbor in Italy on March 18, 1944, after bailing from mechanically failing aircraft; became tangled in his parachute causing him to drown; body recovered by an Italian fisherman[28]
2nd Lt Joseph P. Gomer
2nd Lt George E Gray
†, killed April 5, 1951 in Pyongyang, North Korea during a combat aerial firing pass at extremely close range; aircraft struck the ground, exploded and disintegrated.[29]
2nd Lt John L. Hamilton
2nd Lt Langdon E. Johnson
†, killed on August 12, 1944, when his aircraft was hit by
flak after strafing enemy radar stations at
Marseilles, France; crashed into sea[30]
2nd Lt Felix J. Kirkpatrick
2nd Lt Albert H. Manning
2nd Lt Oliver O. Miller
2nd Lt Dempsey W. Morgan
2nd Lt Harry A. Sheppard
2nd Lt Luther H. Smith
2nd Lt John J. Suggs
2nd Lt James A. Walker
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-43-F – June 30, 1943
2nd Lt. Walter D. Westmoreland
†, killed on October 13, 1944; plane shot down by enemy ground fire near
Lake Balaton, Hungary[35]
2nd Lt. Robert H. Wiggins
†, killed during escort mission to
Vienna, Austria oil refinery on Oct. 7, 1944; plane hit by anti-aircraft fire; eventually crashed in the Adriatic Sea.[36]
2nd Lt. LeRoi S. Williams, killed in mid-air collision with 2nd Lt William H. Walker on October 14, 1943, near Selfridge Field, Michigan; brother of Tuskegee Airmen cadet graduate Eugene Williams[37]
2nd Lt. Beryl Wyatt, killed April 18, 1944 when his plane crashed after an attempted landing.[38]
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-43-H – August 30, 1943
2nd Lt Alton F Ballard
2nd Lt Hubron R. Blackwell
2nd Lt Everett A. Bratcher
2nd Lt Harry J. Daniels, declared dead after non-hostile aerial crash in Italy on May 18, 1945.[39]
2nd Lt Andrew H. Doswell
2nd Lt Charles A. Dunne
2nd Lt Smith W. Green
2nd Lt William E. Hill
2nd Lt Lawrence B. Jefferson
2nd Lt Samuel Jefferson, presumed dead after aircraft crashed near
Corsica on June 24, 1944.[40]
2nd Lt Norvel Stoudmire
†, killed March 31, 1944, when his parachute got snagged after his plane caught fire during a harbor patrol mission in Italy.[41]
2nd Lt Charles W. Tate
2nd Lt George A. Taylor
2nd Lt Floyd A. Thompson
2nd Lt Carroll S. Woods
2nd Lt Willard L. Woods
Graduating Cadet Class – CL-43-1 – Liaison Pilot – September 30, 1943
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-44-C – March 12, 1944
2nd Lt Fred L. Brewer, Jr.
†, declared dead after P-51C Mustang “Traveling Light” experienced engine trouble, went down October 20, 1944 over Germany.[55]
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-45-D – June 27, 1945
2nd Lt. Walter G. Alexander, III
Bilbo, Flight Officer Reuben B.
Blaylock, 2nd Lt. Joseph E.
Bryant, 2nd Lt. Grady E.
Bryson, Flight Officer James O.
Carter, Flight Officer Clarence J.
Cobbs, 2nd Lt. Wilson N.
Connell, 2nd Lt. Victor L.
Corbin, Flight Officer Matthew J.
Francis, Flight Officer William V.
Giles, Flight Officer Ivie V.
Hall, 2nd Lt. Leonard C., Jr.
Harrison, 2nd Lt. James E.
Johnson, 2nd Lt. Clarence
Johnston, Flight Officer William A., Jr.
Kelly, Flight Officer Thomas A.
Knight, Flight Officer Calvin M.
Prather, 2nd Lt. George L.
Prince, 2nd Lt. Joseph A.
Raymond, Flight Officer Frank R.
Robinson, 2nd Lt. Robert L., Jr.
Simeon, Flight Officer Albert B., Jr.
Smith, Flight Officer Robert C.
Thomas, Flight Officer Walter H., Jr.
Trott, 2nd Lt. Robert G.
Wilhite, 2nd Lt. Emmett J.
Williams, Flight Officer Raymond L.
Yates, Flight Officer Phillip C.
Young, Flight Officer Lee W.
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-45-E – August 4, 1945
Bailey, 2nd Lt William H.
Barnett, Flight Officer Herman A.
Collins, Flight Officer Russell L.
Duncan, 2nd Lt Roger B.
Flight Officer William A. Fuller Jr. (not to be confused with
Willie H. Fuller (listed as Willie Fuller) of Single Engine Section Cadet Class SE-42-G, August 5, 1942
Gaskins, 2nd Lt Aaron C.
Holland, Henry T.
Hurt, 2nd Lt Wesley D.
McIntyre, 2nd Lt Clinton E.
Reynolds, Flight Officer Clarence E., Jr.
Roberts, Flight Officer Logan
Saunders, 2nd Lt Martin G.
Scott, 2nd Lt Joseph P.
Flight Officer Reginald V. Smith
Turner, 2nd Lt. Gordon G.
White, Flight Officer Marvin C., Sr.
Wiggins, Flight Officer Leonard W.
Williams, 2nd Lt Eugene W.
Woods, Flight Officer Isaac R.
Graduating Cadet Class – Twin Engine Section – TE-45-E – August 4, 1945
^Tuskegee Airmen Chronology. Daniel Haulman. Organizational History Branch. Air Force Historical Research Agency. Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424. 14 November 2011 "24 March 1943: Lt. Earl E. King became the third casualty of the 99th Fighter Squadron (99th Fighter Squadron history, Mar 1941-17 Oct 1943)."p. 9.
This list compiles all documented cadet pilot graduates who trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, Moton Field, and other locations prior to the U.S. Air Force's deactivation of all-
African American Air units.[2][3][4] There are 1007 documented
Tuskegee Airmen Pilots.[5]
This list includes training in the Tuskegee Aviation Cadet School's three cadet programs:
Twin-Engine Cadet Pilot Class (i.e. trained to fly the North American B-25 Mitchell,[7] or
Liaison Pilot Cadet Class (i.e. training to serve as liaison and service pilots).[8]
This list excludes:
Individuals in non-pilot, support operations.
Anyone who may have attended the Tuskegee Airmen cadet pilot program but failed to graduate. Such individuals were often pejoratively deemed as "washed out". Some "washed out" cadets were transferred to the 477th Bombardment Group, Tuskegee's "bomber boys".[9] The 477th comprised four squadrons of B-25 Mitchell bombers, stationed at
Hondo Army Air Field in
Texas.[9] This group did not see combat in World War II. On October 25, 1943, the inaugural group of "washed out" Tuskegee Airmen arrived at Hondo.[9]
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-42-C – March 7, 1942
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-42-G – August 5, 1942
2nd Lt Richard C. Davis
†, killed in action on January 30, 1943.[10]
2nd Lt
Willie H. Fuller, listed as Willie Fuller. Not to be confused with Flight Officer William A. Fuller Jr. of Single Engine Section Cadet Class SE-45-E, August 4, 1945)
2nd Lt Cassius C.A. Harris
2nd Lt Earl E. King ("Wamba" King)
†, killed in action on March 12, 1943. The Tuskegee Airmen's third ever casualty[10][11]
2nd Lt William T. Mattison, killed January 28, 1951 piloting U.S. Air Force C-45F "Expeditor" #44-87287 in a weather-related crash near
Oak Harbor, Ohio.[15]
2nd Lt William H. Walker, killed in mid-air collision with 2nd Lt. LeRoi S, Williams on October 14, 1943, near Selfridge Field, Michigan[18] (This is not accurate, Lt. William H. Walker was not killed in air see foot note number 64)
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Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-43-E – May 28, 1943
2nd Lt John F. Briggs
2nd Lt Milton R Brooks
2nd Lt Charles M. Bussey
2nd Lt Spurgeon N. Ellington
2nd Lt Maurice V. Esters, declared dead after forced to bail from his plane over the
Adriatic Sea when his engine failed on June 26, 1944[27]
2nd Lt Clemenceau M. Giving, drowned in Naples Harbor in Italy on March 18, 1944, after bailing from mechanically failing aircraft; became tangled in his parachute causing him to drown; body recovered by an Italian fisherman[28]
2nd Lt Joseph P. Gomer
2nd Lt George E Gray
†, killed April 5, 1951 in Pyongyang, North Korea during a combat aerial firing pass at extremely close range; aircraft struck the ground, exploded and disintegrated.[29]
2nd Lt John L. Hamilton
2nd Lt Langdon E. Johnson
†, killed on August 12, 1944, when his aircraft was hit by
flak after strafing enemy radar stations at
Marseilles, France; crashed into sea[30]
2nd Lt Felix J. Kirkpatrick
2nd Lt Albert H. Manning
2nd Lt Oliver O. Miller
2nd Lt Dempsey W. Morgan
2nd Lt Harry A. Sheppard
2nd Lt Luther H. Smith
2nd Lt John J. Suggs
2nd Lt James A. Walker
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-43-F – June 30, 1943
2nd Lt. Walter D. Westmoreland
†, killed on October 13, 1944; plane shot down by enemy ground fire near
Lake Balaton, Hungary[35]
2nd Lt. Robert H. Wiggins
†, killed during escort mission to
Vienna, Austria oil refinery on Oct. 7, 1944; plane hit by anti-aircraft fire; eventually crashed in the Adriatic Sea.[36]
2nd Lt. LeRoi S. Williams, killed in mid-air collision with 2nd Lt William H. Walker on October 14, 1943, near Selfridge Field, Michigan; brother of Tuskegee Airmen cadet graduate Eugene Williams[37]
2nd Lt. Beryl Wyatt, killed April 18, 1944 when his plane crashed after an attempted landing.[38]
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-43-H – August 30, 1943
2nd Lt Alton F Ballard
2nd Lt Hubron R. Blackwell
2nd Lt Everett A. Bratcher
2nd Lt Harry J. Daniels, declared dead after non-hostile aerial crash in Italy on May 18, 1945.[39]
2nd Lt Andrew H. Doswell
2nd Lt Charles A. Dunne
2nd Lt Smith W. Green
2nd Lt William E. Hill
2nd Lt Lawrence B. Jefferson
2nd Lt Samuel Jefferson, presumed dead after aircraft crashed near
Corsica on June 24, 1944.[40]
2nd Lt Norvel Stoudmire
†, killed March 31, 1944, when his parachute got snagged after his plane caught fire during a harbor patrol mission in Italy.[41]
2nd Lt Charles W. Tate
2nd Lt George A. Taylor
2nd Lt Floyd A. Thompson
2nd Lt Carroll S. Woods
2nd Lt Willard L. Woods
Graduating Cadet Class – CL-43-1 – Liaison Pilot – September 30, 1943
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-44-C – March 12, 1944
2nd Lt Fred L. Brewer, Jr.
†, declared dead after P-51C Mustang “Traveling Light” experienced engine trouble, went down October 20, 1944 over Germany.[55]
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-45-D – June 27, 1945
2nd Lt. Walter G. Alexander, III
Bilbo, Flight Officer Reuben B.
Blaylock, 2nd Lt. Joseph E.
Bryant, 2nd Lt. Grady E.
Bryson, Flight Officer James O.
Carter, Flight Officer Clarence J.
Cobbs, 2nd Lt. Wilson N.
Connell, 2nd Lt. Victor L.
Corbin, Flight Officer Matthew J.
Francis, Flight Officer William V.
Giles, Flight Officer Ivie V.
Hall, 2nd Lt. Leonard C., Jr.
Harrison, 2nd Lt. James E.
Johnson, 2nd Lt. Clarence
Johnston, Flight Officer William A., Jr.
Kelly, Flight Officer Thomas A.
Knight, Flight Officer Calvin M.
Prather, 2nd Lt. George L.
Prince, 2nd Lt. Joseph A.
Raymond, Flight Officer Frank R.
Robinson, 2nd Lt. Robert L., Jr.
Simeon, Flight Officer Albert B., Jr.
Smith, Flight Officer Robert C.
Thomas, Flight Officer Walter H., Jr.
Trott, 2nd Lt. Robert G.
Wilhite, 2nd Lt. Emmett J.
Williams, Flight Officer Raymond L.
Yates, Flight Officer Phillip C.
Young, Flight Officer Lee W.
Graduating Cadet Class – Single Engine Section – SE-45-E – August 4, 1945
Bailey, 2nd Lt William H.
Barnett, Flight Officer Herman A.
Collins, Flight Officer Russell L.
Duncan, 2nd Lt Roger B.
Flight Officer William A. Fuller Jr. (not to be confused with
Willie H. Fuller (listed as Willie Fuller) of Single Engine Section Cadet Class SE-42-G, August 5, 1942
Gaskins, 2nd Lt Aaron C.
Holland, Henry T.
Hurt, 2nd Lt Wesley D.
McIntyre, 2nd Lt Clinton E.
Reynolds, Flight Officer Clarence E., Jr.
Roberts, Flight Officer Logan
Saunders, 2nd Lt Martin G.
Scott, 2nd Lt Joseph P.
Flight Officer Reginald V. Smith
Turner, 2nd Lt. Gordon G.
White, Flight Officer Marvin C., Sr.
Wiggins, Flight Officer Leonard W.
Williams, 2nd Lt Eugene W.
Woods, Flight Officer Isaac R.
Graduating Cadet Class – Twin Engine Section – TE-45-E – August 4, 1945
^Tuskegee Airmen Chronology. Daniel Haulman. Organizational History Branch. Air Force Historical Research Agency. Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424. 14 November 2011 "24 March 1943: Lt. Earl E. King became the third casualty of the 99th Fighter Squadron (99th Fighter Squadron history, Mar 1941-17 Oct 1943)."p. 9.