Willie H. Fuller

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Willie Howell Fuller (August 2, 1919 – January 3, 1995) was a U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot, and combat flight instructor with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Pursuit Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen or "Red Tails". He was the first black flight instructor for the single engine planes at Tuskegee. He was the only black flight instructor until December 1944. He was one of 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. He flew 76 combat missions. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Willie H. Fuller
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rdf:langString Willie H. Fuller
rdf:langString Opa-locka, Florida US
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rdf:langString Tuskegee Institute Bachelor's degree Mechanical Industries
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rdf:langString Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Tuskegee Airmen
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xsd:date 1919-08-02
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rdf:langString Willie H. Fuller
xsd:date 1995-01-03
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rdf:langString Willie Howell Fuller (August 2, 1919 – January 3, 1995) was a U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot, and combat flight instructor with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Pursuit Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen or "Red Tails". He was the first black flight instructor for the single engine planes at Tuskegee. He was the only black flight instructor until December 1944. He was one of 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. He flew 76 combat missions. On August 5, 1942, Fuller graduated from the Tuskegee Advanced Pilot Cadet program as a member of the fifth-ever Cadet Class Single Engine Section SE-42-G. As he told Boys' Life: "Everybody figured that we could not fly and deliver under pressure. We wanted to prove that we could." He was later honored by the Dade County (FL) Aviation Department and Florida Memorial College as part of their Blacks in Aviation Celebration for his contributions to the aviation industry.
rdf:langString Monumental Garden South in Dade Memorial Park, Opa-locka, Florida.
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