African-American US Army Air Corps cadets reporting to Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., commandant of cadets, Tuskegee Field, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, Sep 1941US Army Air Force pilot Captain Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. climbing into a Vultee AT-6 Texan aircraft, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, Jan 1942US Army African-American Air Corps officers, Fez, French Morocco, 12 May 1943: Lt Col Benjamin Davis, Capt H. Johnson, Capt Jones, Lt Thompson, Lt Carter, Lt Lawrence, Lt CurrieCol Benjamin O Davis, Commanding Officer of the 322nd Fighter Group, stands next to his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, date and location unknown
African-American US Army Air Corps cadets reporting to Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., commandant of cadets, Tuskegee Field, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, Sep 1941US Army Air Force pilot Captain Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. climbing into a Vultee AT-6 Texan aircraft, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, Jan 1942US Army African-American Air Corps officers, Fez, French Morocco, 12 May 1943: Lt Col Benjamin Davis, Capt H. Johnson, Capt Jones, Lt Thompson, Lt Carter, Lt Lawrence, Lt CurrieCol Benjamin O Davis, Commanding Officer of the 322nd Fighter Group, stands next to his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, date and location unknown
Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr. and Captain Edward Gleed standing in front of fellow African-American pilot Lieutenant WhiteAfrican-American airmen Roscoe Brown, Jr., Marcellus Smith, and Benjamin Davis, Jr. at Ramitelli Airfield, Italy, Mar 1945Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr., commander of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, leading a formation of three F-86F Sabre jet fighters during the Korean War, 1954Portrait of General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 1990s
Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr. and Captain Edward Gleed standing in front of fellow African-American pilot Lieutenant White's P-51D Mustang 'Creamer's Dream', Europe, circa 1944African-American airmen Roscoe Brown, Jr., Marcellus Smith, and Benjamin Davis, Jr. at Ramitelli Airfield, Italy, Mar 1945Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr., commander of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, leading a formation of three F-86F Sabre jet fighters during the Korean War, 1954Portrait of General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 1990s
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