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On 23/06/2022 at 18:01, Ulitzer95 said:

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)


Oscar Lawton Wilkerson died yesterday, one day before his 97th birthday.

Death notice from his local church on Facebook.

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On 23/06/2022 at 19:01, Ulitzer95 said:

Frequently mentioned in this thread and elsewhere... Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson (wiki), dead at 100 according to various pages on Facebook, e.g. herehere and here.

A pick in the centenarians deadpool...

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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)

 

Gene Derricotte dead at 96

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1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

Henry Polite, who served as a crew chief and an engineer with the Tuskegee Airman and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2007, has died. He was 96.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/henry-polite-one-of-the-last-remaining-tuskegee-airmen-dies/3150637/


Not on Ulitzer’s ‘list’.

 

Someone cue Alan King: “Henry Polite (96) left behind his wife…”

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26 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:


Not on Ulitzer’s ‘list’.

 

Someone cue Alan King: “Henry Polite (96) left behind his wife…”


It is rather obvious when you look at @Ulitzer95’s list that it is only of airmen with wiki pages. Please try to keep up. 

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On 23/06/2022 at 18:01, Ulitzer95 said:

Frequently mentioned in this thread and elsewhere... Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson (wiki), dead at 100 according to various pages on Facebook, e.g. herehere and here.

A pick in the centenarians deadpool...

Tuskegee-Airman-Alexander-Jefferson.jpg.942510056ba904c0c31f1edab674ad84.jpg

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)

Raymond Cassagnol dead at 102 and straight to Mail obit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12252703/Tuskegee-Airman-Raymond-Cassagnol-dies-102.html

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Homer Hogues, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who served in the US military as an airplane mechanic and attained the enlisted rank of staff sergeant, died June 27th. He was 96. Hogues' death came two days after that of his wife.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/us/tuskegee-airmen-homer-hogues-death/index.html

 

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9 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Homer Hogues, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who served in the US military as an airplane mechanic and attained the enlisted rank of staff sergeant, died June 27th. He was 96. Hogues' death came two days after that of his wife.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/us/tuskegee-airmen-homer-hogues-death/index.html

 


At least he had TWO days in peace.

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On 23/06/2022 at 18:01, Ulitzer95 said:

Frequently mentioned in this thread and elsewhere... Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson (wiki), dead at 100 according to various pages on Facebook, e.g. herehere 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)


Carl C. Johnson dead at 97.

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On 31/01/2024 at 22:15, alt obits guy said:

Sarah Plummer, a resident of Smyrna, Georgia and documented original Tuskegee Airman, died in December. She was 101.

 

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/sarah-plummer-tuskegee-airman-smyrna-resident-dies-101/85-79484c95-6d8b-45cc-bfd2-e744fcc4c049

She was identifying as an airman.

’According to a release, Plummer was a flight recording operator at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, recording flight training hours for the Tuskegee pilots.’ Meaning she literally was not a Tuskegee Airman. She was a statistician/secretary/Girl Friday. Documented!

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Sergeant Victor Butler, the last surviving Tuskegee Airman in Rhode Island, has died. He was 102. Butler had battled pneumonia the past two months.

 

https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/rhode-islands-last-surviving-tuskegee-airman-victor-butler-dies-at-102-southern-new-england-massachuetts-north-providence-august-29-2024

 

 

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