Tuskegee Airmen – Instructors
Lewis A. Jackson (1912-1994)
Lewis A. Jackson was a Black aviator, Tuskegee Airman Instructor, and later an HCBU president. Jackson was born on December...
Eldridge F. Williams (1917-2015)
Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge F. Williams was one of the first trainers of Tuskegee Airmen. Williams was born in Harris, Washington...
Charles A. “Chief” Anderson (1907-1996)
Charles Alfred Anderson, often called the “Father of Black Aviation” because he trained and mentored of hundreds of African American...
Cornelius R. Coffey (1903-1994)
Cornelius R. Coffey was the first African American to establish an aeronautical school in the United States. His school was...
Milton Pitts Crenchaw (1919-2015)
Milton Crenchaw was a flight instructor and one of the original Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American from...
Perry Young Jr. (1919-1998)
Perry Young Jr, an airplane and helicopter pilot, was the first African American person to be hired by a commercial...
