The Indianapolis Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc

THE INDIANAPOLIS CHAPTER
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, INC

Charles H. DeBow, Jr

  • First (1st) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated March 6th, 1942 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-42-C
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 2043 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis IN
  • First (1st) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

George L. Knox, II

  • The second (2nd) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated May 20th, 1942 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-42-E.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 435 Douglas Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Second (2nd) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Charles B. Hall

  • The third (3rd) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated July 3rd, 1943 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-42-F.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1034 E. Hendricks St, Brazil, IN
  • Only person with a Brazil Indiana address of record to graduate from the TAFS

John M McClure

  • The fourth (4th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated August 6th, 1942 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-42-G.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1103 Kennedy Ave, Kokomo, IN
  • First (1st) of two persons with a Kokomo, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

Armour G. McDaniel

  • Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS) graduate who moved to Indiana after the war.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 804 East Church Street, Martinsville, VA.
  • Graduated January 14th with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-43-A.

Jon J. Suggs

  • Fifth (5th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated May 28th, 1943 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-43-E .
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1923 Tippecanoe Street, Terre Haute, IN.
  • Only person with a Terre Haute, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Walter Palmer

  • Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS) graduate who moved to Indiana after the war.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 3762 Park Avenue, New York, NY.
  • Graduated June 30th, 1943 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-43-F.

Harry J Daniels

  • Sixth (6th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated August 30th, 1943 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-43-H.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1840 S. Keystone, Indianapolis, IN
  • Third (3rd) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

Cornelius May

  • Seventh (7th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated October 1, 1943 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-43-I.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 520 Duel Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Fourth (4th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Richard Highbaugh

  • Eighth (8th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated December 5, 1943 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-43-K.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 440 Udel Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Fifth (5th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Louis G. Hill, Jr.

  • Ninth (9th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated February 8th, 1944 with the rank of 1st Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-44-B.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 2617 N Capital, Indianapolis, IN
  • Sixth (6th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Rixie H. McCarrol

  • The tenth (10th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated March 12, 1944 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-44-C .
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 508 West 22nd Place, Gary, IN
  • First (1st) of three persons with a Gary, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

Gordon Rapier

  • Eleventh (11th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated March 12, 1944 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-44-C.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 2549 Madison Street, Gary IN.
  • Second (2nd ) of three persons with a Gary, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

James A. Wilson

  • Twelfth (12th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated April 15th, 1944 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-44-D.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 2318 S. Adams Street, Marion, IN
  • Only person with a Marion, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

Robert D. Anderson

  • Thirteenth (13th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated April 15th, 1944 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-44-D.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 3040 Martindale Avenue, Indianapolis, IN
  • Seventh (7th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Earl B. Highbaugh

  • Fourteenth (14th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated May 23rd, 1944 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-44-E.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 540 Udel Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Eighth (8th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Reginald A. Bruce

  • Fifteenth (15th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-44-G on August 4th, 1944
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 782 Edgemont Avenue, Indianapolis IN
  • Ninth (9th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Maurice D. Pompey

  • Sixteenth (16th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated August 4th, 1944 with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-44-G.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1043 Georgiana Avenue, South Bend, IN
  • First person with a South Bend address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Charles P. Myers

  • Seventeenth (17th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated October 16th, 1944 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class Number SE-44-I.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 856 W 27th Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Tenth (10th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Henry T. Fears

  • Eighteenth (18th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated November 23, 1944 with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class Number TE-44-I.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 824 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Only person with a Muncie, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Rayfield A. Anderson

  • Nineteenth (19th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School
  • Graduated February 1, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class TE-44-K.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 2430 Winthrop Avenue, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Eleventh (11th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

John Albert Burch, III

  • Twentieth (20th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School
  • Graduated March 11th, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class SE-45-A.
  • Hometown of record shown on the TAFS Roster of graduates was 1409 Wade Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Twelfth (12th)of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Quinton P. Smith

  • Twenty-first (21st) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated March 11th, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class TE-45-A.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 9715 Butternut Street, East Chicago, IN
  • First (1st) of three persons with an East Chicago, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Louis U. Murray

  • Twenty second (22nd) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School
  • Graduated May 23rd, 1945 with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class SE-45-C.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 2317 Washington Street, Gary IN
  • Third (3rd) of three persons with a Gary, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

John D. Curry

  • Twenty third (23rd) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School
  • Graduated August 4th, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class TE-45-E.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 421 West 30th Street, Indianapolis, IN
  • Thirteenth (13th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Bennett G. Hardy

  • Twenty fourth (24th ) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School
  • Graduated September 8th, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class SE-45-F.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 920 E Purdum, Kokomo, IN
  • Second (2nd) of two persons with a Kokomo, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Harry W. Lindsey

  • Twenty fifth (25th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School
  • Graduated October 16th, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class TE-45-G.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 313 East 7th Street, New Albany, IN
  • Only person with a New Albany address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Sylvester H. Hurd, Jr

  • Twenty-sixth (26th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated November 20th, 1945 with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class SE-45-H.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1102 138th Place, East Chicago, IN
  • Second (2nd) of three persons with an East Chicago, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Herbert Lewis, Jr.

  • Twenty-seventh (27th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS)
  • Graduated November 20th, 1945 with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class SE-45-H.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 1911 S. Ironwood Drive, South Bend, IN
  • Second (2nd) of two persons with an South Bend, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS

Lloyd B. McKeethan

  • Twenty-eighth (28th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated November 20th, 1945 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant as a part of TAFS Class TE-45-H.
  • TAFS Roster of Graduates hometown address of record was 3524 Block Avenue, East Chicago, IN.
  • Third (3rd) of three persons with an East Chicago, IN address of record to graduate from the TAFS.

Harry W. Leavell

  • Participant in two (2) separate Tuskegee Advanced Flying School (TAFS) Classes: SE-45-H and SE-45-I.
  • Records reveal his hometown of record was Richmond, Indiana.

William J Hart

  • Tuskegee Advance Flying School (TAFS) participant who moved to Indiana after the war.
  • Completed Elementary Flying on August 4, 1945.

Ario Dixione

  • Twenty-ninth (29th) Indiana native to graduate from the Tuskegee Advanced Flying School (TAFS).
  • Graduated May 14, 1946 with the rank of Flight Officer as a part of TAFS Class TE-46-B
  • Records reveal hometown of record was Indianapolis Indiana.
  • Fourteenth (14th) of fourteen persons with an Indianapolis address of record to graduate from the TAFS