The Richmond Afro-American (Richmond, Va.), 1941-1996 332nd Fighter Pilots in Exposition at Idlewild Airport

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GLC#
GLC09587.188-View header record
Type
Newspapers
Date
7 August 1948
Author/Creator
The Richmond Afro-American (Richmond, Va.), 1941-1996
Title
332nd Fighter Pilots in Exposition at Idlewild Airport
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement

The first page of the clipping is a photograph of pilots of the 332nd Fighter Wing standing in front of a plane. The photo includes 1st Lt Weldon K. Graves, Maj. William A. Campbell, 1st Lt. Eugene Williams, Sgt. Calvin C. Hobbs, with Lt. Spann Watson exiting the plane. The article mentions an expedition of the squadron at Idlewild Airport but is mostly dedicated to the subject of integration in the Armed Forces, especially the Air Force. It notes that very few men were currently being trained as pilots and that all were being assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group.

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