Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican World War II pilot, first African-American U.S. Air Force general (1912-2002)
United StatesLived 1912 to 2002 · aged 89Fame50.4
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Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.
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Captain Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. of Washington, D.C., climbing into an Advanced Trainer (Tuskegee, Alabama; January 1942).
Illustration by Charles Henry Alston
Colonel Davis standing near the nose of a P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944
Colonel Davis, commander of the 51st FIW, leads a formation of F-86F Sabres during the Korean War, 1953
4 April 1956, the “Official Opening” of the Air Task Force Thirteen (Provisional) new compound took place and was attended by high ranking ROCAF officers including General Wang Shu-ming, Commanding General, ROC Air Force and Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Jr, Commander, Air Task Force Thirteen (Provisional), Taipei, Taiwan.
General Earle E. Partridge pinning a general's star on Davis.
Portrait of General Davis shortly after receiving his fourth star.Awards 12
In their orbit 2
Connected to Benjamin 6
Glenn CurtissAlso won Langley Gold Medal
Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.Also won International Air & Space Hall of Fame
Edward LansdaleAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Kamimura HikonojōAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand
Roy BenavidezAlso won Army Commendation Medal
Thomas McGuireAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameAbout this person
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2002 · aged 89
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