World War II United States Army Air Corps Aviator. A member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, 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.
World War II United States Army Air Corps Aviator. A member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, 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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