Roscoe Brown

Roscoe Brown

Dr. Roscoe Brown (born 1922) is one of the Tuskegee Airmen, and former commander of the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group. He graduated from the program in 1944, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II. He was one of fifteen pilots who shot down the advanced German Me-262 jet fighter. [ [http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eaglebios/04bios/Brown04.htm Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. - Military Biography] ] [ [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=487 Roscoe Brown, Jr. Biography] ]

On March 29, 2007, Brown attended a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, where he and the other surviving veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen (and their widows) were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their service [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07089/773747-84.stm "WWII black pilots, Tuskegee Airmen, get top civilian honor"] By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers, March 30, 2007] . He lives in Riverdale, New York in the U.S.A. [ [http://www.realcities.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/16911069.htm "Sixty years later, Congress honors Tuskegee Airmen"] By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers, March 15, 2007]

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