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  • Tuskegee airman Jack Johnson dies at 82

    11/27/2003 5:49:22 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 23 replies · 354+ views
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    Jack Arthur Johnson, 82, who joined the famous Tuskegee Airmen in the winter of 1941, died Nov. 4, after a 12-year-battle with prostate cancer. Mr. Johnson made his first solo flight at age 18 in 1938. During World War II, he was a flight instructor recruited to train men the basics of flying. His comrades recruited instructors from all over the country, and he was one of those selected to go to Tuskegee. The name Tuskegee Airmen was given to the first group of black men to become pilots, bombardiers, navigators and support personnel during World War II, at a...