Charles P. Bailey Sr. was the first black aviator from Florida to become a Tuskegee Airman. He is credited with shooting down two Focke-Wulf-190 German fighter planes in 'Josephine,' a P-40 Warhawk named after his mother, and later in 'My Buddy,' a P-51 dedicated to his father. The Germans referred to his all-black 99th Fighter […]
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