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Lee Andrew Archer, Jr. (September 6, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an African American fighter Ace in the 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, during World War II.
Feb 4, 2010 · Lee A. Archer Jr., a pioneering black fighter pilot who was credited with shooting down four German planes, three in a single day, when he flew with the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II,...
Feb 1, 2010 · Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot, who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company and founder of...
Tuskegee Airmen pilot and notable record holder Lee Archer was born September 6, 1919 in Yonkers, New York and raised in Harlem. He was a graduate of New York University before he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in November of 1941.
Jan 29, 2010 · NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company...
Feb 12, 2010 · Lt. Col. Lee A. Archer Jr., who broke down racial barriers first as a fighter pilot with the distinguished Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and later as one of the first black vice-presidents of a major American corporation, was laid to rest Friday in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Jan 29, 2010 · Mark Memmott. Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman who shot down five enemy planes in World War II, has died. He was 90. As the Associated Press writes, he was "the only black ace pilot," a man...
