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Black History Month: Pioneering black air unit of WWII included pilots
with Oklahoma ties

By Tim Stanley Tulsa World Feb 9, 2019 Updated 1 hr ago

Tuskegee Airmen

A group of Tuskegee Airmen is pictured sometime in 1942 or 1943.

February is Black History Month, and the Tulsa World will be
publishing stories and daily facts throughout the month.

The black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, who fought the racial discrimination of the World War II era to distinguish themselves in
the skies over Europe, included a few with Oklahoma ties.

One of them, Charles B. Hall — the first black American pilot to shoot
down an enemy plane in combat and the first to receive a Distinguished
Flying Cross — lived for years in Oklahoma City while stationed at
Tinker Air Force Base, where Charles B. Hall Airpark is named in his
honor.

Faythe McGinnis of Muskogee, in a tragic twist of fate, was the first
in the legendary unit to die. He was killed in a training crash.

tim.stanley@tulsaworld.com

Twitter: @timstanleyTW

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