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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.412 Author/Creator: Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: 1941-1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 24.8 cm Order a Copy

A group photo of three rows African American pilots: the Tuskegee airmen. In the top row on the far right is Eugene Williams; he is identifiable by the name badge sewn onto his uniform: "Williams, E.W." They all wear jumpsuit uniforms and helmets with goggles attached. There is a plane in the background.

Williams, Eugene W., 1925-1949

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