Tuskegee Airman. Charles William Tate was in the first unit of black American fighter pilots who trained at Tuskegee, the black college founded by Booker T. Washington. The Tuskegee Airmen were a regiment of black pilots who flew in the Army Air Forces during World War II. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group trained to be fighter pilots for the 99th Fighter Squadron. They saw action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Tate completed 99 missions and earned a commission of Second Lieutenant. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and four Oak Leaf Clusters and he was later inducted into the Hall of Valor at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, PA. After the war, he re-enlisted and served in the Korean War as a Captain. He then came home and worked for the U.S. Postal Service, rising in the ranks to manager of a Pittsburgh Post Office. Captain Tate is survived by his three children, Robert Tate, of Las Vegas, Sharon Dykes, of Rankin,PA and Charles Tate, of McCandless, PA; and two sisters, Willa Mae Kennedy, of Philadelphia, and Rachel Waters, of Rydel,PA∼'
Charles William Tate was a Captain in the US Army and First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a fighter pilot in Squadron B2143 RD and a "Tuskegee Airman."
Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, European Theatre February 29, 1944.
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross.
Charles William Tate was a Captain in the US Army and First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a fighter pilot in Squadron B2143 RD and a "Tuskegee Airman."
Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, European Theatre February 29, 1944.
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross.
Tuskegee Airman. Charles William Tate was in the first unit of black American fighter pilots who trained at Tuskegee, the black college founded by Booker T. Washington. The Tuskegee Airmen were a regiment of black pilots who flew in the Army Air Forces during World War II. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group trained to be fighter pilots for the 99th Fighter Squadron. They saw action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Tate completed 99 missions and earned a commission of Second Lieutenant. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and four Oak Leaf Clusters and he was later inducted into the Hall of Valor at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, PA. After the war, he re-enlisted and served in the Korean War as a Captain. He then came home and worked for the U.S. Postal Service, rising in the ranks to manager of a Pittsburgh Post Office. Captain Tate is survived by his three children, Robert Tate, of Las Vegas, Sharon Dykes, of Rankin,PA and Charles Tate, of McCandless, PA; and two sisters, Willa Mae Kennedy, of Philadelphia, and Rachel Waters, of Rydel,PA∼'
Charles William Tate was a Captain in the US Army and First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a fighter pilot in Squadron B2143 RD and a "Tuskegee Airman."
Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, European Theatre February 29, 1944.
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross.
Charles William Tate was a Captain in the US Army and First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces. He was a fighter pilot in Squadron B2143 RD and a "Tuskegee Airman."
Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, European Theatre February 29, 1944.
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross.
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KOREA
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