11 Apr 1941
United States
United States
- US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, ignoring the protests from her security detail, took a flight at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States as a passenger to African American pilot C. Alfred Anderson, Sr. This flight was later named "The Flight That Changed History" for it exhibited Roosevelt's confidence in the abilities of black pilots. ww2dbase [Eleanor Roosevelt | C. Alfred Anderson | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
30 Jun 1943
United States
United States
- Charles McGee graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [Charles McGee | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
12 Mar 1944
United States
United States
- Roscoe Brown, Jr. graduated from the Tuskegee Flight School at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [Roscoe Brown | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
13 Apr 1996
United States
United States
- C. Alfred Anderson, Sr. passed away from cancer in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [C. Alfred Anderson | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
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