Charles Blakesly Hall
Military
Fighter Pilot
332nd Fighter Group - 99th Fighter Squadron - 12th & 15th AF
Object Number - UPL 48975 - Captain Charles Blakesly Hall Fighter Pilot 332nd Fighter Group - 99th Fighter Squadron - 12th & 15th AF
First Tuskegee Airman to shoot down a German fighter for which General Eisenhower flew in to personally congratulate him.
First African-American pilot to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Flew 198 combat missions
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-40 Warhawk
- Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brazil, Indiana | 25 August 1920 | |
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Other Commissioned 2LT/Awarded Wings |
Tuskegee, Alabama | 3 July 1942 | |
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Other Aerial Victory |
Castelvetrano, Italy | 2 July 1943 | 1 x FW 190 |
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Died |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 22 November 1971 | World War II United States Army Air Corp Aviator. A member of the famed Tuskegee Airman, in January, 1943, he was one of the first 43 black pilots assigned to combat duty with the 99th Pursuit Squadron in North Africa. During a July 2, 1943 attack mission on Panelleria, in the Mediterranean theater, Lieutenant Hall earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down a German Focke-Wulf 190. In doing so, he became the first African American pilot to earn official credit for destroying an enemy plane in the Second World War. After retiring from the Air Force in the grade of Major, he became a popular insurance agent in Oklahoma City. |
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Buried |
Spencer, Oklahoma | 25 November 1971 | Hillcrest Memory Gardens Spencer, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Plot Garden of Devotion, Lot 160, Section B, Grave #3 |
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