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Alexander Jefferson (November 15, 1921 – June 22, 2022) (POW) (WIA) was an American Air Force officer, famous as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 332nd Fighter Group. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Nov 10, 2006 · In commemoration of Veterans Day, Tuskegee Airman Alexander Jefferson describes his service in World War II and the difficult adjustment that followed when he returned to a segregated...
Apr 11, 2011 · Alexander Jefferson, a small, trim man with a silver mustache, told of being shot down on Aug. 12, 1944. He was strafing German radar stations when his plane was hit.
I first met Alexander Jefferson in 1993 when I interviewed him for a book on World War II prisoners of war.¹ He was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group who was shot down defending a country that still considered blacks to be second-class citizens.
Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens.
- Alexander Jefferson, Lewis H. Carlson
- 2005
Jul 7, 2022 · On June 22, Alexander Jefferson (1921-2022), one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, passed away at the age of 100. A proud son of Detroit, Michigan, Jefferson completed training at Tuskegee Army Air Field in early 1944 and, later that year, joined the 301st Fighter Squadron, of the famed 332nd Fighter Group (the "Red Tails"), Fifteenth Air ...
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Apr 1, 2005 · Shot down and captured by the Nazis the author, Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, said: "I was treated better as a POW than I was back home." An excellent, short autobiography for anyone interested in U.S. history.
