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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Marcus Williamson

Charles McGee: One of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen

Reuters

Charles McGee was a former wartime pilot and the last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a pioneering group of black aviators in the US armed forces.

McGee, who has died aged 102, was one of the first African American pilots to fly combat aircraft during the Second World War. Taking to European skies, his squadron escorted heavy bombers attacking targets in Germany and German-occupied territories.

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