alt obits guy 3,372 Posted July 11, 2021 Melvin Copeland, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who joined in 1943, later leaving the service and becoming a decades-long teacher in Illinois, has died. He was 96. https://abc7chicago.com/tuskegee-airman-melvin-copeland-elgin-death/10851782/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted August 26, 2021 Edit: never mind… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,010 Posted August 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Willie Rogers, supposedly the oldest member of the Tuskegee Airmen, dead at 101. Received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. Died 5 years ago actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted August 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Died 5 years ago actually. God damnit, you’re right. I set my Google search to “past month” too. This is not the first time regurgitated articles have come up when I do that. Clearly their algorithms can’t detect when a news site has recently updated or moved an old article. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,490 Posted August 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: God damnit, you’re right. I set my Google search to “past month” too. This is not the first time regurgitated articles have come up when I do that. Clearly their algorithms can’t detect when a news site has recently updated or moved an old article. Google limited to the last month news recently tried to give me the hot tip that Etta James was no well. You heard it here first! This happens a lot with Google. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,161 Posted August 26, 2021 I'm sure Google used to be better, especially Google Images, which returns images that appear to have little or no connection with the search terms. Never used to be like that. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,775 Posted November 16, 2021 On 03/09/2018 at 18:45, drol said: *Alexander Jefferson (1921) https://detroitmi.gov/news/city-rededicate-field-honor-lt-col-alexander-jefferson-decorated-member-tuskegee-airmen-his-100th Alexander Jefferson is now a centenarian. What's interesting about him is that he was a POW. While attacking a radar installation in August 1944 he was shot down and parachuted to safety but was captured by Nazi ground troops. He was sent to POW camp Stalag Luft III and later to Stalag VII-A, freed by Patton's army. He was one of the 32 Tuskegee Airmen captured during the war, Harold Brown is another out of the 32 still alive and currently 97. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,696 Posted November 16, 2021 Is a Tuskegee Airman anything like a Wichita Lineman, or an Okie from Muskogee? 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,775 Posted December 10, 2021 https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Tuskegee-airman-San-Antonio-16679797.php Brigadier General (Colonel before 2020) Charles McGee, WWII, Korea and Vietnam veteran and probably the most known Tuskegee Airman living has turned 102. Doesn't seem to have declined much during the last years but he's in a wheelchair. This article also mentions something about the amount of living Tuskegee airmen: "Sinkfield said that nationally, only eight pilots and around 1,000 other airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group survive" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 11, 2021 On 16/11/2021 at 04:45, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Is a Tuskegee Airman anything like a Wichita Lineman, or an Okie from Muskogee? Yes, it’s exactly like those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted January 3, 2022 Clifton Brooks Sr., the last surviving Tuskegee Airman from West Virginia, has died. He was 99. Brooks served in the U.S. Air Force as a cryptologist during World War II. https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/clifton-brooks-sr-west-virginias-last-tuskegee-airmen-dies-at-99/article_78f8b59e-6730-11ec-8789-77cba145c43a.html 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwiftlyVague 79 Posted January 16, 2022 Charles McGee dead at 102. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/tuskegee-airman-charles-mcgee-dies-at-102/2938419/ 4 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted January 16, 2022 4 hours ago, SwiftlyVague said: Charles McGee dead at 102. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/tuskegee-airman-charles-mcgee-dies-at-102/2938419/ How many left now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,987 Posted January 16, 2022 McGee even with DDP obit, but I am still in clean-up mode: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17344799/general-charles-mcgee-tuskegee-airmen-death/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted January 16, 2022 58 minutes ago, CastAway said: How many left now? Too many. Ask again in another 2 years. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted April 25, 2022 Donald E. Elder Sr., a Tuskegee Airman who enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp in 1946 and assigned as crew chief for the 99th Fighter Squadron for the P-47 Aircraft Fighter Squadron, died April 6th. He was 93. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/columbus-native-tuskegee-airman-dies/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted May 3, 2022 James Bynum, one of two remaining original Tuskegee Airmen living in San Antonio, has died. He was 101. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Tuskeegee-Airmen-San-Antonio-dies-101-17142563.php 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted June 3, 2022 Asa D. Herring, an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 95. Herring was born in North Carolina in 1926, becoming a member of the famed squad in 1944, serving at the tail end of World War II. Herring was living in Arizona at the time of his death. https://www.azfamily.com/2022/05/28/one-original-tuskegee-airmen-arizona-dies/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted June 7, 2022 Death notice for Maceo Martin Jr., aged 98, a flight officer with the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII. Mention of him here on his father's Wiki (his father was a famous banker/civil rights activist). 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted June 23, 2022 Frequently mentioned in this thread and elsewhere... Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson (wiki), dead at 100 according to various pages on Facebook, e.g. here, here and here. A pick in the centenarians deadpool... There are now 10 Tuskegee Airmen survivors from WWII with Wiki pages: James Clayton Flowers (b. 1915, wiki) Raymond Cassagnol (b. 1920, wiki) Thomas Franklin Vaughns (b. 1920, wiki) James H. Harvey (b. 1923, wiki) Harold Brown (b. 1924, wiki) Harry Stewart Jr. (b. 1924, wiki) George Hardy (b. 1925, wiki) Carl C. Johnson (b. 1926, wiki) Gene Derricotte (b. 1926, wiki) Oscar Lawton Wilkerson (b. 1926, wiki) 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,630 Posted July 28, 2022 Not sure if he has a Wiki or any mentions online, but Tuskegee Airman James Shipley passed away at 99 on July 21st. https://www.htmayfuneralhome.com/m/obituaries/James-Shipley-3/Memories Will embed link later. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted December 2, 2022 William Rice, a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for his service with the Tuskegee Airmen, flying in a P-51 Mustang as a Red Tail Fighter with the 332nd Fighter Group in Europe during World War II, has died days before his 99th birthday. https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-tuskegee-airman-dies-carey-20221201-tvypm6mlsfaavku5zvtm3njzuq-story.html 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted December 16, 2022 Nelson Robinson, the last Tuskegee Airman from San Diego, has died. He was 94. Robinson began as an aviation mechanic, later advancing to become a pilot and an engineer. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diegos-last-tuskegee-airman-dead-at-94/509-d8ad843f-1f5a-4376-a2d1-bf5b4a107f99 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted December 16, 2022 Christopher W. Newman, a pilot graduate of the Tuskegee Flight School who survived two crashes and flew 84 missions as a fighter pilot in World War II with the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100. Newman passed on October 21st. His death was reported on December 8th. https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/christopher-w-newman-heroic-tuskegee-airman-passes-at-100/article_3f1916ae-7678-11ed-b3bf-435eea4c8994.html 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted January 12, 2023 On 16/11/2021 at 09:38, arghton said: https://detroitmi.gov/news/city-rededicate-field-honor-lt-col-alexander-jefferson-decorated-member-tuskegee-airmen-his-100th Alexander Jefferson is now a centenarian. What's interesting about him is that he was a POW. While attacking a radar installation in August 1944 he was shot down and parachuted to safety but was captured by Nazi ground troops. He was sent to POW camp Stalag Luft III and later to Stalag VII-A, freed by Patton's army. He was one of the 32 Tuskegee Airmen captured during the war, Harold Brown is another out of the 32 still alive and currently 97. Harold Brown (wiki) dead at 98. Facebook tribute here from his wife. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
