Walter L. McCreary

Biography

Walter Lee McCreary (March 4, 1918 – December 20, 2015) (POW) was a U.S. Army Air Forces/U.S. Air Force officer, former prisoner of war (POW), and one of the original combat fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group's 100th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the first hundred African American fighter pilots in history, as well as one of 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. During his 90th mission on October 22, 1944, German anti-aircraft fire shot down McCreary's aircraft.

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