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The Tuskegee Airmen were brave African American pilots and airmen who fought during World War II. They were a special group of military aviators, including fighter and bomber pilots. The name "Tuskegee Airmen" also refers to all the other people who supported them. This included navigators, mechanics, nurses, and many others.

These amazing individuals trained at places like Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. They were the first African American military pilots in U.S. history. Their training programs prepared them for different types of flying.

There were three main pilot training programs:

  • Single-Engine Pilot Class: These pilots learned to fly fast fighter planes like the P-51 Mustang. These planes had one engine and were used for combat.
  • Twin-Engine Pilot Class: These pilots trained to fly larger planes with two engines, such as the B-25 Mitchell bomber.
  • Liaison Pilot Class: These pilots learned to fly smaller planes for special tasks. They would help connect different military units or transport important people.

This list focuses on the pilots who successfully completed their training. It does not include people who worked in support roles, or those who started the pilot program but did not finish. Some cadets who didn't graduate were sent to the 477th Bombardment Group. This group flew B-25 bombers but did not fight in World War II.

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Early Pilot Graduates: 1942 Classes

The first groups of Tuskegee Airmen pilots graduated in 1942. These pioneers paved the way for many others. They showed incredible skill and courage.

March 1942: First Graduates

The very first class, SE-42-C, graduated on March 7, 1942.

April 1942: More Single-Engine Pilots

Another group of single-engine pilots, SE-42-D, graduated on April 29, 1942.

May 1942: Continuing the Legacy

The SE-42-E class finished their training on May 20, 1942.

July 1942: Growing Numbers

The SE-42-F class graduated on July 3, 1942. This was a larger group of pilots.

August 1942: More Pilots Join

The SE-42-G class graduated on August 5, 1942.

  • 2nd Lt Richard C. Davis  † (Killed in Action on January 30, 1943)
  • 2nd Lt Willie H. Fuller
  • 2nd Lt Cassius C.A. Harris
  • 2nd Lt Earl E. King ("Wamba" King)  † (Killed in Action on March 12, 1943)
  • 2nd Lt Walter I. Lawson
  • 2nd Lt John McClure
  • 2nd Lt Leon C. Roberts
  • 2nd Lt John W. Rogers Sr.

September 1942: New Graduates

The SE-42-H class completed their training on September 6, 1942.

October 1942: Pilots Ready for Service

The SE-42-I class graduated on October 9, 1942.

November 1942: More Single-Engine Pilots

The SE-42-J class graduated on November 10, 1942.

  • 2nd Lt Howard Baugh
  • 2nd Lt Terry J. Charlton Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Jerome Edwards
  • 2nd Lt Melvin T. Jackson

December 1942: Year-End Graduates

The SE-42-K class completed their training on December 13, 1942.

Tuskegee Airmen Graduates: 1943 Classes

The year 1943 saw many more pilots graduate from the Tuskegee program. These pilots played a crucial role in the war effort.

January 1943: First Class of the Year

The SE-43-A class graduated on January 13, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt Andrew Maples Jr. (MIA) (Missing in Action June 26, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt George T. McCrumby (MIA) (Declared dead February 29, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Armour G. McDaniel (WIA) (POW) (Wounded in Action, Prisoner of War)
  • 2nd Lt Clinton B. Mills
  • 2nd Lt Charles R. Stanton
  • 2nd Lt Quitman C. Walker (Declared dead on November 19, 1944)

February 1943: New Pilots Emerge

The SE-43-B class graduated on February 16, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt Walter M. Downs
  • 2nd Lt Claude B. Govan
  • 2nd Lt William E. Griffin
  • 2nd Lt James R. Polkinghorne (MIA) (Missing in Action on May 5, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt John H. Prowell (MIA) (Declared dead after missing in action April 25, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Roy M. Spencer

March 1943: More Graduates

The SE-43-C class graduated on March 25, 1943.

April 1943: A Large Class

The SE-43-D class, a significant group, graduated on April 29, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt. Paul Adams
  • 2nd Lt. Charles P. Bailey
  • 2nd Lt. James E. Brothers
  • 2nd Lt. James Y. Carter
  • 2nd Lt. Arnold W. Cisco (Killed on May 19, 1946)
  • 2nd Lt. Wilson V. Eagleson
  • 2nd Lt. William J. Faulkner  (MIA) (Presumed dead after crashing over Austria on November 6, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt. Walter T. Foreman
  • 2nd Lt. Vernon V. Haywood
  • 2nd Lt. Heber C. Houston
  • 2nd Lt. Freddie E. Hutchins
  • 2nd Lt. Leonard M. Jackson
  • 2nd Lt. Sidney J. Mosley
  • 2nd Lt. Curtis C. Robinson
  • 2nd Lt. Harold E. Sawyer
  • 2nd Lt. Lewis C. Smith
  • 2nd Lt. Ulysses S. Taylor
  • 2nd Lt. Luke J. Weathers
  • 2nd Lt. Charles L. Williams

May 1943: More Pilots Ready

The SE-43-E class graduated on May 28, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt John F. Briggs
  • 2nd Lt Milton R Brooks
  • 2nd Lt Charles M. Bussey
  • 2nd Lt Spurgeon N. Ellington
  • 2nd Lt Maurice V. Esters (Declared dead after bailing from his plane on June 26, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Clemenceau M. Giving (Drowned on March 18, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Joseph P. Gomer
  • 2nd Lt George E Gray  † (Killed April 5, 1951, in North Korea)
  • 2nd Lt John L. Hamilton
  • 2nd Lt Langdon E. Johnson  † (Killed on August 12, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Felix J. Kirkpatrick
  • 2nd Lt Albert H. Manning
  • 2nd Lt Oliver O. Miller
  • 2nd Lt Dempsey W. Morgan
  • 2nd Lt Harry A. Sheppard
  • 2nd Lt Luther H. Smith
  • 2nd Lt John J. Suggs
  • 2nd Lt James A. Walker

June 1943: Mid-Year Graduates

The SE-43-F class graduated on June 30, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt. Robert R. Alexander
  • 2nd Lt. Alexander M. Bright
  • 2nd Lt. Weldon K. Groves
  • 2nd Lt. Charles McGee
  • 2nd Lt. Herbert S Harris
  • 2nd Lt. Richard H. Harris
  • 2nd Lt. Milton R. Henry
  • 2nd Lt. Willie S. Hunter
  • 2nd Lt. Wilbert H. Johnson
  • 2nd Lt. Oscar A. Kenney  † (Killed in Action)
  • 2nd Lt. Lacy Hezekiah
  • 2nd Lt. Joe A. Lewis

July 1943: Summer Graduates

The SE-43-G class graduated on July 28, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt. Lee Archer
  • 2nd Lt. Harry L. Bailey
  • 2nd Lt. William Bartley
  • 2nd Lt. Raymond Cassagnol (Haitian cadet)
  • 2nd Lt. Samuel L. Curtis
  • 2nd Lt. John Daniels
  • 2nd Lt. William B. Ellis
  • 2nd Lt. William W. Green Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. George B. Greenlee Jr
  • 2nd Lt. Richard W. Hall
  • 2nd Lt. Jack D Holsclaw
  • 2nd Lt. Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. John H. Leahr
  • 2nd Lt. Claybourne A. Lockett
  • 2nd Lt. James W. Mason
  • 2nd Lt. Eddie McLaurin
  • 2nd Lt. William R. Melton
  • 2nd Lt. Robert H Nelson
  • 2nd Lt. Maurice R. Page
  • 2nd Lt. G. Rogers
  • 2nd Lt. Edward M. Smith
  • 2nd Lt. Lowell Steward
  • 2nd Lt. Edward W. Taylor
  • 2nd Lt. Alva Temple
  • 2nd Lt. Walter D. Westmoreland  † (Killed on October 13, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt. Robert H. Wiggins  † (Killed on Oct. 7, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt. LeRoi S. Williams (Killed in mid-air collision on October 14, 1943)
  • 2nd Lt. Beryl Wyatt (Killed April 18, 1944)

August 1943: Another Group of Pilots

The SE-43-H class graduated on August 30, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt Alton F Ballard
  • 2nd Lt Hubron R. Blackwell
  • 2nd Lt Everett A. Bratcher
  • 2nd Lt Harry J. Daniels (Declared dead May 18, 1945)
  • 2nd Lt Andrew H. Doswell
  • 2nd Lt Charles A. Dunne
  • 2nd Lt Smith W. Green
  • 2nd Lt William E. Hill
  • 2nd Lt Lawrence B. Jefferson
  • 2nd Lt Samuel Jefferson (Presumed dead on June 24, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Hubert L. Jones
  • 2nd Lt William B. McClenic Jr.
  • Alix Pasquet (Haitian Cadet)
  • 2nd Lt Starling B. Penn
  • 2nd Lt Leon Purchase
  • 2nd Lt Roger Romine
  • 2nd Lt Norvel Stoudmire  † (Killed March 31, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Charles W. Tate
  • 2nd Lt George A. Taylor
  • 2nd Lt Floyd A. Thompson
  • 2nd Lt Carroll S. Woods
  • 2nd Lt Willard L. Woods

September 1943: Liaison Pilots

The CL-43-1 class, focusing on Liaison Pilots, graduated on September 30, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt Darryl C. Bishop
  • 2nd Lt Harry W. Dungill
  • 2nd Lt Charles Dunn
  • 1st Lt Chauncey Eskridge
  • 2nd Lt Arnold D. Grant
  • 2nd Lt Leander A. Hall Jr.
  • 1st Lt James I. Minor, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Benjamin F. Moore
  • 1st Lt William Y. Rose
  • Capt. William H. Shannon
  • 2nd Lt Lloyd R. V. Taylor
  • 2nd Lt Leonard E. Wilburn
  • 2nd Lt Adlrick H. Wilson
  • 2nd Lt James E. Woodson

October 1943: Single-Engine and Liaison Pilots

Two classes graduated in October 1943.

SE-43-I Graduates

The SE-43-I class graduated on October 1, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt William N. Alsbrook
  • 2nd Lt Cecil L. Browder
  • 2nd Lt Gene C. Browne
  • Flight Officer William Cross, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Purnell J. Goodenough
  • 2nd Lt George Haley
  • 2nd Lt Maceo A. Harris Jr.  † (Declared dead November 20, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Carl E Johnson
  • 2nd Lt Charles B. Johnson (Declared dead June 24, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Edgar L. Jones (Declared dead April 24, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Carroll N. Langston  † (Killed June 7, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Cornelius F. May
  • 2nd Lt Woodrow F. Morgan
  • 2nd Lt Neal V. Nelson (Presumed dead May 11, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Christopher W. Newman
  • 2nd Lt Driskell B. Ponder
  • 2nd Lt George M. Rhodes, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Washington D. Ross
  • 2nd Lt Norman W. Scales
  • 2nd Lt Henry B. Scott
  • 2nd Lt Alphonso Simmons  † (Killed March 3, 1945)
  • 2nd Lt Robert H. Smith
  • 2nd Lt Edward W. Watkins

CL-43-2 Liaison Pilots

The CL-43-2 Liaison Pilot class graduated on October 22, 1943.

  • 2nd Lt Henry Bennet
  • 2nd Lt George F. Bizzell
  • 1st Lt Terry H. Brooks
  • 2nd Lt Richard C. Chatman Jr.
  • 2nd Lt William J. Cleveland
  • 2nd Lt John O. Cunningham
  • 1st Lt John B. Dudley
  • 1st Lt Gaines C. Farley
  • 2nd Lt John M. Franklin
  • 2nd Lt Louis K. Hanks
  • 1st Lt Fred E. Howard
  • 2nd Lt William M. Jordan
  • 2nd Lt Thurston Mason
  • 2nd Lt John E. McCode
  • 1st Lt. Leroy Stephens Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Daniel C. Thomas
  • 2nd Lt Paul Weathersby
  • 1st Lt Robert L. Wrenn

November 1943: Single-Engine Pilots

The SE-43-J class graduated on November 3, 1943.

  • Brown, 2nd Lt James B
  • 2nd Lt Roger B. Brown (Killed June 14, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Herman A. Campbell
  • 2nd Lt Clarence Dart (WIA)
  • Carroll, 2nd Lt Alfred Q., Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Charles W. Dickerson
  • 2nd Lt Henry F. Fletcher
  • 2nd Lt Perry E. Hudson Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Oscar D. Hutton
  • 2nd Lt Haldane King
  • 2nd Lt Edward Laird
  • Leftwich, 2nd Lt Ivey L.
  • 2nd Lt Vincent J. Mason
  • 2nd Lt Theodore H Mills
  • 2nd Lt Turner W. Payne
  • 2nd Lt Gwynne W. Peirson
  • 2nd Lt Harvey N. Pinkney
  • Flight Officer Nathaniel P. Rayburg
  • 2nd Lt Emory L. Robbins Jr.
  • Sherard, 2nd Lt Earl S., Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Paul J. Simmons Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Eugene Smith
  • 2nd Lt Jerome D. Spurlin
  • 2nd Lt Nathaniel C. Stewart
  • 2nd Lt Edward H. Thomas
  • 2nd Lt William M. Thomas
  • 2nd Lt William D. Tompkins
  • 2nd Lt Hugh St. Clair Warner
  • 2nd Lt Leslie A Williams

December 1943: Single and Twin-Engine Pilots

December 3, 1943, saw graduates from both single and twin-engine programs.

SE-43-K Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Edgar L. Bolden
  • 2nd Lt Clarence H. Bradford
  • 2nd Lt Robert H. Daniels, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Othell Dickson
  • 2nd Lt Robert Friend
  • 2nd Lt Fredrick D. Funderburg
  • 2nd Lt Howard C. Gamble
  • 2nd Lt Stanley L Harris
  • 2nd Lt Lloyd S. Hatchcock
  • Flight Officer William Lee Hill
  • 2nd Lt Wellington G. Irving
  • 2nd Lt Clarence D. Lester
  • 2nd Lt William R. Lewis
  • 2nd Lt Henry Pollard
  • 2nd Lt Reid E. Thompson
  • Flight Officer Edward J. Williams

TE-43-K Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Samuel A. Black Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Harold E. Brazil
  • 2nd Lt William L. Byrd Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Stewart B. Fullbright Jr.
  • 2nd Lt John L. Harrison Jr
  • 2nd Lt Henry P. Hervey Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Richard B. Highbaugh
  • 2nd Lt Harold A. Hillard
  • 1st Lt. Elmore V. Kennedy
  • 2nd Lt Samuel L. Lynn
  • 1st Lt. Fitzroy Newsum
  • Flight Officer Amos A. Rogers
  • 2nd Lt Wendell D. Wells
  • 2nd Lt Joseph D. Whiten

CL-43-3 Liaison Pilots

The CL-43-3 Liaison Pilot class graduated on December 7, 1943.

  • 1st Lt Lee Arthur Baker
  • 2nd Lt. John D. Battle
  • 2nd Lt. Edward W. Brice
  • 2nd Lt. Johnny Y. Brooks
  • 1st Lt Scott K. Cleage
  • 2nd Lt. George D. Conquest
  • 2nd Lt. Charles B. Elam
  • 2nd Lt. Ernest W. Goldsborough
  • 2nd Lt. Maxwell Honemond
  • 2nd Lt. Sterling K. Jackson
  • 2nd Lt. William H. Johnson
  • 2nd Lt. Wendell W. Long
  • 2nd Lt. Henry A. Norman
  • 2nd Lt. Horace W. Oates
  • 2nd Lt. Elwood A Smith
  • 2nd Lt. Sherman W. Smith
  • 2nd Lt. Lemuel L. Tucker
  • 2nd Lt. George Woods

Tuskegee Airmen Graduates: 1944 Classes

The year 1944 was a very busy time for the Tuskegee Airmen training. Many more pilots completed their programs.

January 1944: New Year, New Pilots

Two classes graduated on January 7, 1944.

SE-44-A Graduates

  • Flight Officer Clarence N. Driver (MIA) (Missing in Action in Laos on March 7, 1973)
  • 2nd Lt Charles H. Duke
  • 2nd Lt Charles S. Jackson, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Alexander Jefferson
  • 2nd Lt Robert Martin
  • 2nd Lt Frederick D. McIver, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Robert O'Neil
  • 2nd Lt Sanford M. Perkins
  • 2nd Lt Frank E. Roberts
  • 2nd Lt Arthur J. Wilburn

TE-44-A Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Elliot H. Blue
  • 2nd Lt Rolin A. Bynum
  • Flight Officer Virgil A. Daniels
  • 2nd Lt Samuel L. Harper
  • 2nd Lt Kenneth R. Hawkins
  • 2nd Lt Charles H. Hunter
  • 2nd Lt Andrea P. Masciana
  • 2nd Lt Frederick L. Parker, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt William A. Rucker
  • 2nd Lt Leon L. Turner
  • Flight Officer Saint M. Twine, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Charles Walker
  • Flight Officer Clarence Walker
  • 2nd Lt Herbert W. Williams
  • 2nd Lt Eugene Winslow

February 1944: More Graduates

Two classes also graduated on February 8, 1944.

SE-44-C Graduates

  • Ludovic F. Audant (Haitian Cadet)
  • 2nd Lt Thomas P. Braswell
  • 2nd Lt Robert C. Chandler
  • 2nd Lt Emile G. Clifton
  • 2nd Lt Roger B. Gaiter
  • 2nd Lt Thomas L. Gay
  • 2nd Lt Joseph E. Gordon
  • 2nd Lt Alfred Gorham (POW)
  • Flight Officer Cornelius P. Gould Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Richard S. Harder
  • 2nd Lt Wilbur F. Long
  • 2nd Lt Richard D. Macon
  • 2nd Lt Frank H. Moody (Killed April 11, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Thomas G. Patton
  • 2nd Lt Marion Rodgers
  • 2nd Lt Shelby F. Westbrook
  • 2nd Lt Cohen M. White
  • Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette
  • 2nd Lt Kenneth I. Williams
  • 2nd Lt Henry Wise Jr.

TE-44-C Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Winston A. Adkins
  • 2nd Lt Charles W. Diggs
  • 2nd Lt William H. Farley
  • 2nd Lt. Frederick P. Hicks
  • 2nd Lt Charles D. Hill
  • 1st Lt. Louis G. Hill, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt George B. Matthews
  • Pellissier C. Nicholas (Haitian Cadet)

March 1944: Continuing Training

Two more classes graduated on March 12, 1944.

SE-44-C Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Fred L. Brewer, Jr.  † (Declared dead October 20, 1944)
  • 2nd Lt Roscoe Brown
  • 2nd Lt Walter R. Brown Jr.
  • 2nd Lt James A. Calhoun
  • 2nd Lt Vincent C. Dean
  • 2nd Lt James L. Hall Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Herbert H. Heywood
  • 2nd Lt Elbert Hudson
  • 2nd Lt Andrew D Marshall
  • 2nd Lt Rixie H. McCarroll
  • 2nd Lt Joseph L. Merton, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Elton H. Nightingale
  • 2nd Lt John H. Porter
  • 2nd Lt William S. Price, III
  • 2nd Lt Gordon M. Rapier
  • 2nd Lt Henry E. Rohlsen
  • 2nd Lt Roosevelt Stiger
  • 2nd Lt William M. Wheeler
  • 2nd Lt Charles L. White
  • 2nd Lt Albert L. Young

TE-44-C Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Charles E. Darnell
  • 2nd Lt Reginald W. Hayes
  • 1st Lt Payton H. Lyle
  • 2nd Lt Ahmed A. Rayner, Jr.
  • Flight Officer Charles E. Wilson

April 1944: More Pilots Join the Ranks

Two classes graduated on April 15, 1944.

SE-44-D Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Barnes, Gentry E.
  • Flight Officer Bell, Raul W.
  • 2nd Lt Chavis, John H.
  • 2nd Lt Cox, Hannibal M.
  • 2nd Lt Craig, Lewis W.
  • 2nd Lt Hays, Milton S.
  • Flight Officer Jackson, Charles L.
  • 2nd Lt Jones, Major E.
  • 2nd Lt Lane, Earl R.
  • 2nd Lt Walter Manning
  • Flight Officer Mitchell, Vincent I.
  • 2nd Lt Moody, Roland W.
  • 2nd Lt Morris, Harold M.
  • 2nd Lt Peoples, Francis B.
  • 2nd Lt Peoples, Henry R.
  • 2nd Lt Rich, Daniel L.
  • 2nd Lt Turner, Ralph L.
  • 2nd Lt Wheeler, Jimmie D.
  • Flight Officer Williams, Vincent E.
  • 2nd Lt Wilson, James A.
  • Flight Officer Wilson, Myron
  • Flight Officer Woods, Carl J.

TE-44-D Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Alexander, Harvey R.
  • 2nd Lt Anderson, Robert D.
  • 2nd Lt Brashears, Virgil
  • 2nd Lt Coleman, William C.
  • Flight Officer Cook, Martin L.
  • 2nd Lt Cousins, August, Jr.
  • Eberle J. Guilbaud
  • 2nd Lt King, Celestus
  • 2nd Lt Kydd, George H., III
  • 2nd Lt Moody, Paul L.
  • 2nd Lt Shults, Lloyd R.

May 1944: Pilots Ready for Action

The SE-44-E class graduated on May 23, 1944.

  • 2nd Lt. Richard H. Bell
  • 2nd Lt. Leonelle A. Bonam
  • Flight Officer Charles V. Brantley
  • 2nd Lt. H. Brown, (POW)
  • 2nd Lt. Joseph E. Chineworth
  • 2nd Lt. George E. Cisco
  • 2nd Lt. Harry J. Davenport Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. John W. Davis
  • Flight Officer Samuel J. Foreman
  • Flight Officer Thomas L. Hawkins
  • 2nd Lt. George K. Hays
  • 2nd Lt. Maycie Herrington
  • 2nd Lt. Earl B. Highbaugh
  • 2nd Lt. Wendell W. Hockaday
  • 2nd Lt. George J. Iles
  • Flight Officer Thomas W. Jefferson
  • 2nd Lt. Jimmy Lanham
  • 1st Lt. Wendell M. Lucas
  • 2nd Lt. Clarence A. Oliphant
  • 2nd Lt. Ralph Orduna
  • Flight Officer Robert A. Pillow
  • Flight Officer James C. Ramsey
  • 2nd Lt. Leroy Roberts Jr.
  • Flight Officer Arnett W. Starks Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. William C. Walker Jr
  • 2nd Lt. Samuel W. Watts Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. Robert W. Williams
  • 2nd Lt. Bertram W. Wilson Jr.
  • Flight Officer Hiram Wright
  • 2nd Lt. Kenneth M. Wright

June 1944: Mid-War Graduates

Two classes graduated on June 27, 1944.

SE-44-F Graduates

  • Flight Officer Richard S. A. Armistead
  • 2nd Lt Carl F. Ellis
  • 2nd Lt Charles A. Hill Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Lincoln Hudson
  • 2nd Lt Rupert C. Johnson
  • 2nd Lt Lawrence, Robert W.
  • 2nd Lt James W. Wright Jr.
  • Flight Officer George A. Lynch
  • 2nd Lt Lewis J. Lynch
  • 2nd Lt Hiram Mann
  • Flight Officer James T. Mitchell Jr.
  • Flight Officer Robert J. Murdic
  • Flight Officer Wyrain T. Schell
  • Flight Officer Leon W. Spears
  • 2nd Lt Harry Stewart, Jr.
  • Flight Officer Samuel L. Washington
  • 2nd Lt Hugh J. White
  • Flight Officer Yenwith K. Whitney
  • 2nd Lt Frank N. Wright
  • 2nd Lt James W. Wright Jr.

TE-44-F Graduates

  • Flight Officer James Ewing
  • Flight Officer William T Jackson
  • 2nd Lt Laurel E. Keith
  • 2nd Lt Frank Lee
  • Flight Officer John R. Perkins Jr.
  • 2nd Lt John B. Turner
  • 2nd Lt Rhohelia J. Webb

August 1944: More Pilots for the War Effort

Two classes graduated on August 4, 1944.

SE-44-G Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. George L. Bing
  • Flight Officer John Ellis Edwards
  • Flight Officer William H. Edwards
  • Fischer, Flight Officer James H.
  • Flight Officer Thurston L. Gaines, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. Robert E. Garrison, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. Flight Officer Newman C. Golden
  • 2nd Lt. Leo R. Gray
  • 2nd Lt. Paul L. Green
  • 2nd Lt. Conrad A. Johnson, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. Benny R. Kimbrough
  • Flight Officer John Lyle
  • Flight Officer Elbert N. Merriweather, Jr
  • Flight Officer Leland H. Pennington
  • 2nd Lt. Ronald W. Reeves
  • Flight Officer Maury M. Reid
  • Flight Officer William E. Rice
  • 2nd Lt. Robert C. Robinson, Jr.
  • Flight Officer Calvin J. Spann
  • 2nd Lt. Thomas C. Street
  • 2nd Lt. Harry L. White
  • Flight Officer Joseph C. White
  • Flight Officer Robert E. Williams, Jr.

TE-44-G Graduates

  • Flight Officer James E. Brothers
  • 2nd Lt. Harold Howard Brown
  • 2nd Lt. Reginald Bruce
  • 1st Lt. Claude C. Davis
  • 2nd Lt. Edward T. Dixon
  • Flight Officer Edward Harris
  • Flight Officer Willard B. Miller
  • 2nd Lt. John Mosley
  • Flight Officer Ramon F. Noches
  • Flight Officer Maurice D. Pompey
  • Flight Officer Charles J. Quander Jr.
  • Flight Officer Harris H. Robnett, Jr.
  • Flight Officer James H. Sheppard
  • Flight Officer Jesse H. Simpson

September 1944: Pilots Continue to Graduate

Two classes graduated on September 8, 1944.

SE-44-H Graduates

  • Anders, 2nd Lt. Emet R.
  • Flight Officer William Armstrong  †
  • Barland, 2nd Lt. Herbert C.
  • Carey, 2nd Lt. Carl E.
  • Coleman, 2nd Lt. James
  • Cooper, Flight Officer Charles W.
  • Cousins, 2nd Lt. William M.
  • Franklin, 2nd Lt. George E.
  • Gant, Flight Officer Morris E.
  • 2nd Lt. George Hardy
  • 2nd Lt. William H. Holloman
  • Jenkins, 2nd Lt. Stephen S., Jr.
  • Johnson, Flight Officer Robert M.
  • Flight Officer Charles A. Lane
  • 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant
  • Lieteau, 1st Lt Albert J.
  • Manley, Flight Officer Edward E.
  • Matthews, Flight Officer Samuel
  • McCrory, 2nd Lt. Felix M.
  • Miller, Flight Officer Lawrence I.
  • Squires, Flight Officer John W.
  • Washington, Flight Officer Milton S.
  • 2nd Lt. John L. Whitehead Jr.

TE-44-H Graduates

  • Bonseigneur, 2nd Lt. Paul J., Jr.
  • Brown, 2nd Lt. Augustus G.
  • Brown, 2nd Lt. Robert S.
  • Goodwin, 1st Lt Luther A.
  • Henry, Warren E.
  • Hurd, 1st Lt James A.
  • Nalle, Flight Officer Russell C., Jr.
  • Rector, 1st Lt John A.
  • Samuels, Flight Officer Frederick H.

October 1944: More Trained Pilots

Two classes graduated on October 16, 1944.

SE-44-I-1 Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. Rutherford H. Adkins
  • Daniels, Flight Officer Thomas J., III
  • Doram, 2nd Lt. Edward D.
  • Dowling, 2nd Lt. Corneilus D.
  • Glass, Flight Officer Robert M.
  • 2nd Lt. James H. Harvey
  • Hunter, 2nd Lt. Henry A.
  • Jackson, Flight Officer Frank A.
  • Lancaster, 2nd Lt. Theadore W.
  • Miller, 2nd Lt. Charles E.
  • Millett, 2nd Lt. Joseph H.
  • Myers, 2nd Lt. Charles P.
  • Simons, 2nd Lt. Richard A.
  • Stevens, 2nd Lt. Richard G.
  • Stovall, 2nd Lt. Charles L
  • Thompson, 2nd Lt. Donald N., Jr.
  • Thorpe, 2nd Lt. Richard E.
  • Turner, 2nd Lt. Allen H.
  • Warren, Flight Officer James W.
  • White, 2nd Lt. Ferrier H

TE-44-I-1 Graduates

  • Anderson, 1st Lt Paul T.
  • Brown, 2nd Lt. James W.
  • Cain, Flight Officer William L.
  • Chinchester, 2nd Lt. James R.
  • Collins, Flight Officer Gamaliel M.
  • Drummond, 2nd Lt. Charles H., Jr.
  • Exum, Flight Officer Herven P.
  • Green, Flight Officer James L.
  • Jenkins, 2nd Lt. Joseph E.
  • Jenkins, 2nd Lt. Silas M.
  • Mason, 2nd Lt. Theodore O.
  • Maxwell, Flight Officer Charles C.
  • Murphy, Flight Officer David J.
  • Pullian, Flight Officer Glen W.
  • Smith, 1st Lt Harold E.

November 1944: Preparing for the End of War

Two classes graduated on November 20, 1944.

SE-44-I Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Halbert L. Alexander
  • 2nd Lt William R. Alston
  • Flight Officer John J. Bell
  • 2nd Lt Irvin O. Brewin
  • Flight Officer Julius W. Calloway
  • Flight Officer Tamenund J. Dickerson Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Thomas Gladden
  • Flight Officer Vernon Hopson
  • 2nd Lt Garfield L. Jenkins
  • 2nd Lt Alvin J. Johnson
  • 2nd Lt Andrew Johnson Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Louis W. Johnson
  • 2nd Lt Willis E. Moore
  • Flight Officer Calvin G. Moret
  • 2nd Lt Lincoln W. Nelson
  • 2nd Lt Eugene G. Theodore
  • Flight Officer Leonard O. Vaughan
  • Flight Officer Reginald C. Waddell
  • 2nd Lt William M. Washington
  • 2nd Lt Ralph D. Wilkins

TE-44-I Graduates

  • Fears, Flight Officer Henry T.
  • 2nd Lt Bernard R. Harris
  • Hawkins, Flight Officer Donald A.
  • 2nd Lt Eugene R. Henderson
  • 2nd Lt Voris S. James
  • Flight Officer Charles A. Johnson
  • McQuillan, Flight Officer Douglas H.
  • Flight Officer Robert M. Parkey
  • 2nd Lt James V. Stevenson
  • Flight Officer Wayman P. Surcey
  • Flight Officer Morris J. Washington
  • Flight Officer Raymond M. White
  • 2nd Lt James W. Whyte Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Joseph H. Williams
  • 2nd Lt Oscar H. York

December 1944: Year-End Graduates

Two classes graduated on December 28, 1944.

SE-44-J Graduates

  • Bohannon, Flight Officer Horace A.
  • Flight Officer Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler
  • Bryant, Flight Officer Leroy, Jr.
  • Burns, 2nd Lt. Isham A., Jr.
  • Campbell, Flight Officer Lindsey L.
  • Campbell, 2nd Lt. McWheeler
  • Cole, Flight Officer Robert A.
  • Dickson, Flight Officer DeWitt
  • Greer, Flight Officer James W.
  • Guyton, Flight Officer Eugene L.
  • Harris, 2nd Lt. James E.
  • Kirksey, Flight Officer LeeRoy
  • Nelson, Flight Officer Dempsey, Jr.
  • Parker, Flight Officer Melvin
  • Pendleton, 2nd Lt. Frederick
  • Shivers, Flight Officer Clarence L.
  • Smith, Flight Officer Thomas W.
  • Stephenson, Flight Officer William W., Jr.
  • 1st Lt Yancey Williams
  • Williamson, Flight Officer Willie A.

TE-44-J Graduates

  • Allen, Flight Officer Walter H.
  • Cowan, Flight Officer Edwin T.
  • Edwards, Flight Officer James E., Jr.
  • Flake, Flight Officer Thomas M.
  • Herron, 1st Lt Walter E.
  • Hunter, 2nd Lt. Samuel D.
  • McRae, 2nd Lt. Ivan J., Jr.
  • Moore, Flight Officer Flarzell
  • Flight Officer John Ira Mulzac
  • Qualles, Flight Officer John P.
  • 2nd Lt. Lawrence E. Roberts
  • Velasquez, Flight Officer Frederick B.
  • Williams, Flight Officer William L., Jr.
  • Wooten, Flight Officer Howard A.
  • Wynn, Flight Officer Nasby, Jr.

Tuskegee Airmen Graduates: 1945 Classes

As World War II neared its end, more Tuskegee Airmen continued to complete their training.

February 1945: New Pilots for the Final Push

Two classes graduated on February 1, 1945.

SE-44-K Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Montro D Askins
  • 2nd Lt Lloyd W Bell
  • Flight Officer Richard L. Biffle, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt James E. Bowman
  • 2nd Lt Lawrence A. Brown
  • 2nd Lt Lloyd A.N. Carter
  • 2nd Lt Lowell H. Cleaver
  • 2nd Lt William A. Colbert, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Charles E. Craig
  • 2nd Lt Joshua Glenn
  • 2nd Lt Percy Heath
  • 2nd Lt William T. Henry
  • 2nd Lt William H. Hymes
  • 2nd Lt Beecher A. Jones
  • 2nd Lt Robert O. Merriweather
  • 2nd Lt Ephraim E. Toatley Jr.

TE-44-K Graduates

March 1945: More Graduates

Two classes graduated on March 11, 1945.

SE-45-A Graduates

  • Flight Officer Luzine B. Bickham
  • Flight Officer Broadnax, Samuel L.
  • 2nd Lt John Albert Burch III
  • 2nd Lt Emest M. Cabule Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Vincent O. Campbell
  • 2nd Lt William J. Coleman
  • Flight Officer Edgar A. Doswell Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Clarence C. Finley
  • 2nd Lt Joseph E. Gash
  • 2nd Lt Bertrand J. Holbert
  • 2nd Lt Edward M. Jenkins
  • Flight Officer Robert Jones Jr.
  • Flight Officer Wilbur Moffett
  • 2nd Lt Thomas J. Morrison Jr.
  • Flight Officer Harry S. Pruitt
  • 2nd Lt Marsille P. Reed
  • 2nd Lt Clayo C. Rice
  • 2nd Lt Eugene J. Richardson Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Spencer M. Robinson
  • 2nd Lt Albert H. Smith
  • 2nd Lt John B. Walker Jr.
  • Flight Officer Harry P. Winston

TE-45-A Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Melvin A. Clayton
  • 2nd Lt Hemdon M. Cummings
  • Flight Officer William J. Curtis Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Charles J. Dorkins
  • Flight Officer Rutledge H. Fleming Jr.
  • Flight Officer Charles S. Goldsby
  • 2nd Lt Argonne F. Harden
  • 2nd Lt James V. Kennedy Jr.
  • Flight Officer Harvey L. McClelland
  • Flight Officer Alfred U. McKenzie
  • 2nd Lt Luther L. Oliver
  • 2nd Lt Herbert J. Schwing
  • 2nd Lt Quentin P. Smith
  • 2nd Lt Francis R Thompson
  • 2nd Lt Cleophus W. Valentine
  • 2nd Lt Calvin T. Warrick

April 1945: Final Months of the War

Two classes graduated on April 15, 1945.

SE-45-B Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. John H. Adams Jr.
  • 2nd Lt. Clarence Bee, Jr
  • Brooks, Flight Officer Tilford U.
  • Casey, Flight Officer Clifton G.
  • Curtis, 2nd Lt. John W.
  • Dudley, 2nd Lt. Richard
  • Gilliam, Flight Officer William L.
  • Henson, 2nd Lt. James W.
  • Hughes, Flight Officer Samuel R., Jr.
  • Knight, Flight Officer William H.
  • Long, Flight Officer Clyde C., Jr.
  • Patton, Flight Officer Humprey C., Jr
  • Payne, Flight Officer Verdelle L.
  • Pennington, Flight Officer Robert F.
  • Porter, Flight Officer Robert B.
  • Powell, Flight Officer William S., Jr.
  • Purnell, Flight Officer George B.
  • Radcliffe, 2nd Lt. Lloyd L.
  • Sheats, 2nd Lt. George H.
  • Smith, 2nd Lt. Burl E.
  • Tucker, Flight Officer Paul
  • Winslow, 2nd Lt. Robert W.
  • Winston, Flight Officer Charles H., Jr.

TE-45-B Graduates

  • Flight Officer Leroy Criss
  • Desvignes, Flight Officer Russell F.
  • Freeman, Flight Officer Eldridge E.
  • Johnson, 2nd Lt. Theopolis W.
  • Jordon, 2nd Lt. Lowell H.
  • Norton, Flight Officer George G., Jr.
  • Taylor, Flight Officer James E.

May 1945: War Ends in Europe

Two classes graduated on May 23, 1945.

SE-45-C Graduates

  • Bailey, Flight Officer Terry C.
  • Clayter, 2nd Lt. Ralph V.
  • Franklin, 2nd Lt. Earl N.
  • Helem, 2nd Lt. George W.
  • Hicks, 2nd Lt. Arthur N.
  • Holman, Flight Officer William D.
  • Johnson, Flight Officer Earl C.
  • Jones, Flight Officer Frank D
  • McKnight, 2nd Lt. James W.
  • Murray, 2nd Lt. Louis U.
  • Parker, 2nd Lt. George J.
  • Perkins, 2nd Lt. Roscoe C., Jr.
  • Sanderlin, 2nd Lt. Willis E.
  • Session, 2nd Lt. Mansfield L.
  • Tindall, Flight Officer Thomas J.
  • Wanamaker, Flight Officer George E.
  • White, Flight Officer Harry W.
  • Wofford, 2nd Lt. Kenneth O.
  • Young, 2nd Lt. Benjamin, Jr.

TE-45-C Graduates

  • Smith, 2nd Lt Frederick D.
  • Tyler, 2nd Lt William A., Jr.

June 1945: Training Continues

A single-engine pilot graduated from Stewart Field, New York, on June 4, 1945.

  • 2nd Lt Earnest J. Davis Jr.

Another single-engine class, SE-45-D, graduated on June 27, 1945.

  • 2nd Lt. Walter G. Alexander, III
  • Bilbo, Flight Officer Reuben B.
  • Blaylock, 2nd Lt. Joseph E.
  • Bryant, 2nd Lt. Grady E.
  • Bryson, Flight Officer James O.
  • Carter, Flight Officer Clarence J.
  • Cobbs, 2nd Lt. Wilson N.
  • Connell, 2nd Lt. Victor L.
  • Corbin, Flight Officer Matthew J.
  • Francis, Flight Officer William V.
  • Giles, Flight Officer Ivie V.
  • Hall, 2nd Lt. Leonard C., Jr.
  • Harrison, 2nd Lt. James E.
  • Johnson, 2nd Lt. Clarence
  • Johnston, Flight Officer William A., Jr.
  • Kelly, Flight Officer Thomas A.
  • Knight, Flight Officer Calvin M.
  • Prather, 2nd Lt. George L.
  • Prince, 2nd Lt. Joseph A.
  • Raymond, Flight Officer Frank R.
  • Robinson, 2nd Lt. Robert L., Jr.
  • Simeon, Flight Officer Albert B., Jr.
  • Smith, Flight Officer Robert C.
  • Thomas, Flight Officer Walter H., Jr.
  • Trott, 2nd Lt. Robert G.
  • Wilhite, 2nd Lt. Emmett J.
  • Williams, Flight Officer Raymond L.
  • Yates, Flight Officer Phillip C.
  • Young, Flight Officer Lee W.

August 1945: War Ends in the Pacific

Two classes graduated on August 4, 1945.

SE-45-E Graduates

  • Bailey, 2nd Lt William H.
  • Barnett, Flight Officer Herman A.
  • Collins, Flight Officer Russell L.
  • Duncan, 2nd Lt Roger B.
  • Flight Officer William A. Fuller Jr.
  • Gaskins, 2nd Lt Aaron C.
  • Holland, Henry T.
  • Hurt, 2nd Lt Wesley D.
  • McIntyre, 2nd Lt Clinton E.
  • Reynolds, Flight Officer Clarence E., Jr.
  • Roberts, Flight Officer Logan
  • Saunders, 2nd Lt Martin G.
  • Scott, 2nd Lt Joseph P.
  • Flight Officer Reginald V. Smith
  • Turner, 2nd Lt. Gordon G.
  • White, Flight Officer Marvin C., Sr.
  • Wiggins, Flight Officer Leonard W.
  • Williams, 2nd Lt Eugene W.
  • Woods, Flight Officer Isaac R.

TE-45-E Graduates

  • Broadwater, Flight Officer William E.
  • 2nd Lt. George L. Brown
  • Bryant, Flight Officer Joseph C., Jr.
  • Choisy, 2nd Lt. George B.
  • Curry, 2nd Lt. John C.
  • Ford, Flight Officer Harry E., Jr.
  • Griffin, Jerrold D.
  • Harris, 2nd Lt. John S.
  • Maples, Flight Officer Harold B.
  • Flight Officer George R. Miller
  • Mosley, Flight Officer Clifford E.
  • O'Neal, Flight Officer Walter N.
  • Prewitt, Flight Officer Mexion O.
  • Proctor, Flight Officer Oliver W.
  • Roach, Flight Officer John B.
  • Taylor, Flight Officer William H., Jr.
  • Toney, Flight Officer Mitchel N
  • Whiteside, Flight Officer Albert

September 1945: Post-War Training

Two classes graduated on September 8, 1945.

SE-45-F Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Reuben H. Brown, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Walter P. Curry
  • 2nd Lt Donald F. Davis
  • 2nd Lt Sylvester S. Davis
  • Flight Officer Elliott H. Gray
  • 2nd Lt Bennett G. Hardy
  • 2nd Lt Thomas D. Harris, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Earl Kelly
  • 2nd Lt August J. Martin
  • 2nd Lt Ralph W. Mason
  • 2nd Lt Herbert A. McIntyre
  • 2nd Lt William B. Morgan
  • 2nd Lt Augustus L. Palmer
  • Flight Officer Floyd R. Scott Jr.
  • Flight Officer Edward W. Watkins
  • 2nd Lt Julius C. Westmoreland
  • Flight Officer James L. Williams
  • 2nd Lt Thomas E. Williams
  • Flight Officer Sandy W. Wright
  • 2nd Lt William W. Young

TE-45-F Graduates

  • Bolden, 2nd Lt George C.
  • Cheek, 2nd Lt Quentin V.
  • Cooper, 2nd Lt Edward M.
  • Dabney, 2nd Lt Roscoe J., Jr
  • Davis, Flight Officer Clifford W.
  • Finley, Flight Officer Otis E., Jr.
  • Hancock, Flight Officer Victor
  • Hodges, 2nd Lt Jerry T., Jr.
  • Jamison, Flight Officer Donald S.
  • Maxwell, 2nd Lt Robert L.
  • Mozee, Flight Officer David M., Jr.
  • Porter, 2nd Lt Calvin V.
  • Ramsey, Flight Officer Pierce T.
  • Roach, Flight Officer Charles J.
  • Talton, Flight Officer James E.
  • Terry, Flight Officer Kenneth E.
  • White, 2nd Lt Vertner J., Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Oscar Lawton Wilkerson
  • Wilson, 2nd Lt LeRoy J.

October 1945: Training Continues After the War

Two classes graduated on October 16, 1945.

SE-45-G Graduates

  • Flight Officer Page L. Dickerson
  • Flight Officer Alfred E. Garrett Jr.
  • Flight Officer Alfonso L. Harris
  • 2nd Lt Lorenzo W. Holloway Jr.
  • Flight Officer Julien D. Jackson Jr.
  • 2nd Lt William M. Jones
  • Flight Officer George Sherman
  • Flight Officer James A. Thompson

TE-45-G Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Granville C. Coggs
  • Flight Officer Julius P. Echols
  • 2nd Lt Arthur C. Harmon
  • Flight Officer Lonnie Harrison
  • 2nd Lt Marcellus L. Hunter
  • Flight Officer Daniel Keel
  • 2nd Lt William Leslie
  • 2nd Lt Perry W. Lindsey
  • Flight Officer Charles R. Price
  • Flight Officer James C. Russell
  • 2nd Lt Herbert C. Thorpe
  • Flight Officer Richard Weatherford
  • 2nd Lt James R. Williams

November 1945: Near the End of the Year

Two classes graduated on November 20, 1945.

SE-45-H Graduates

  • Flight Officer Sylvester H. Hurd Jr.
  • Flight Officer Herbert Lewis Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Godfrey C. Miller
  • 2nd Lt Lincoln J. Ragsdale
  • 2nd Lt Thurman E. Spriggs

TE-45-H Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Robert Ashby
  • Flight Officer Henry Baldwin Jr.
  • 2nd Lt William V. Bibb
  • 2nd Lt Lawrence W. Carroll
  • 2nd Lt Jose R. Elfalan
  • Flight Officer Nathaniel W. Goins
  • Flight Officer Alvin E. Harrison Jr.
  • Flight Officer Lyman L. Hubbard
  • Flight Officer Donald E. Jackson
  • 2nd Lt Frederick D. Knight, Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Joshua J. Lankford
  • 2nd Lt Llyod B. McKeethen
  • Flight Officer John W. Nelson
  • Flight Officer Norman E. Proctor
  • 2nd Lt Nathaniel E. Robinson Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Theodore W. Robinson
  • Flight Officer Wayman E. Scott
  • 2nd Lt Cecil Spicer
  • Flight Officer William A. Streat Jr.
  • Flight Officer Andrew B. Williams Jr.

Tuskegee Airmen Graduates: 1946 Classes

The final classes of Tuskegee Airmen pilots graduated in 1946 before the all-African American air units were deactivated.

January 1946: New Year Graduates

Two classes graduated on January 29, 1946.

SE-45-I Graduates

  • 2nd Lt Joseph Bruce Bennett
  • Flight Officer Frank Griffin
  • 2nd Lt Thomas Hamlin McGarrity
  • 2nd Lt Merrill Ray Ross

TE-45-I Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. James M. Dillon Jr.
  • 2nd Lt Oliver M. Dillon
  • 2nd Lt Everett Ellis
  • Flight Officer Lee Archer Hayes
  • Flight Officer Donehue Simmons

March 1946: More Pilots

Two classes graduated on March 23, 1946.

SE-46-A Graduates

  • Flight Officer James M. Barksdale
  • Flight Officer Eugene A. Briggs
  • 2nd Lt Jewel B. Butler
  • 2nd Lt Charles W. Chambers
  • 2nd Lt James H. Gallwey
  • 2nd Lt Jacob W. Greenwell
  • 2nd Lt Harry E. Lanauze
  • 2nd Lt Thomas W. Love, Jr.

TE-46-A Graduates

  • Flight Officer George A. Bates
  • Flight Officer Floyd J. Carter
  • 2nd Lt Charles R. Matthews
  • Flight Officer Abe Benjamin Moore

April 1946: Single-Engine Graduate

A single-engine pilot graduated on April 29, 1946.

  • 2nd Lt Andrew A. McCoy Jr.

May 1946: Final Classes

Two classes graduated on May 14, 1946.

SE-46-B Graduates

  • Flight Officer Maceo Conrad Martin Jr.
  • Richard Maurice Moss
  • Flight Officer Eddie Lee Young

TE-46-B Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. Charles Aston Burns
  • 2nd Lt Gene Derricotte
  • 2nd Lt. Ferdinand Albert Hardy
  • Flight Officer Andrew James Hughes

June 1946: The Last Official Classes

Two classes graduated on June 28, 1946.

SE-46-C Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. Carl V. Allen
  • 2nd Lt. George E. Bell
  • 2nd Lt. William G. Carter
  • 2nd Lt. Conrad H. Cheek
  • 2nd Lt. Jack Chin
  • 2nd Lt. Edward P. Drummond
  • 2nd Lt. Nicholas S. Neblett

TE-46-C Graduates

  • 2nd Lt. James M. Allison
  • 2nd Lt. Claude A. Rowe

October 1946: Final Twin-Engine Graduate

The very last documented Tuskegee Airmen pilot class, 46-C, had one graduate in October 1946.

Service Pilot Cadet Training: Undocumented Dates

Some pilots completed their training as Service Pilots, but their exact graduation dates were not recorded.

  • Flight Officer Robert A. Gordon
  • Flight Officer Adolph J. Moret Jr.
  • Flight Officer James O. Plinton Jr.
  • Flight Officer Charles W. Stephens
  • Flight Officer Robert Terry
  • 2nd Lt Archie Williams
  • Flight Officer Fred Witherspoon
  • Flight Officer James E. Wright

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