Tuskegee Airman who flew fighters in WW2, Korea AND Vietnam dies aged 102: Was honored by Trump who made him Brigadier General for his 100th birthday

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Tuskegee Airman who flew fighters in WW2, Korea AND Vietnam dies aged 102: Was honored by Trump who made him Brigadier General for his 100th birthday

McGee (pictured) was one of the rare black pilots who fought on missions in Europe during World War II. He was a member of the 332nd Fighter Group

 

McGee was born December 7, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio. His plane was hit twice in combat, once during the Korean conflict and again years later near Laos, both times on his right wing.

 

McGee battled racism and segregation during his military career. He was called to service in 1942 at age 23 and became one of the first black military aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

 

McGee was among more than 900 men to train in rural Alabama from 1940 to 1946 after the Army Air Corps was forced to admit blacks pilot. About 450 deployed overseas and 150 lost their lives in training or combat.

 

McGee was one of only a few pilots — white or black — who flew combat missions in that conflict and during the Korean and Vietnam wars. 

'Being brought up today, they say African-American or black, but we're American and our country was at war,' McGee said in 2016.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2022/01/tuskegee-airman-who-flew-fighters-in.html

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Rest in peace our dear hero. Thank you for your service and our freedom

Brigadier General Sir.