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332nd FG Pilots Left to Right: Dempsey W. Morgan, Carroll S. Woods, Robert H. Nelson, Andrew D. Turner, Clarence P. Lester
P-51C-10-NT #42-103762 332nd FG - 100th FS - 15th AF Andrew D. Turner - Pilot
Group
The United States entered World War II with a military that was segregated by race and remained segregated until 1948. War Department planners generally placed White and African-American Army personnel in separate units during World War II.
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Squadron
Established in February 1942 at Tuskegee Army Airfield, Alabama to train African-American flight cadets graduated from the Tuskegee Institute Army contract flying school. At Tuskegee, the squadron performed advanced combat flying training. As the...
P-51 Mustang
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| Born | Deanwood, Washington, DC 20019, USA | 6 January 1920 |
| Enlisted | 8 October 1942 | |
| Commander - 100th FS | 86042 Ramitelli CB, Italy | June 1944 – May 1945 |
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Flew 69 combat missions |
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| Died | Lockbourne, OH 43137, USA | 18 September 1947 |
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Captain (later Major) Andrew D. “Jug” Turner was commander of the all African-American 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, during WWII. Turner graduated from the Tuskegee class 42-I-SE and was inducted into the US Army Air Force on October 9, 1942. When the 100th’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Robert B. Tresville, failed to return from a mission in June 1944, Turner took command. On July 18, 1944, Turner was credited with a probable Me-109 shoot down which he was seen to damage heavily, but a crash was not witnessed. Turner flew 69 missions with the 100th. Electing to stay in the Air Force, Turner was killed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, when his Republic P-47N Thunderbolt collided with another aircraft. Both Turner and the other pilot were killed. Turner’s famous aircraft in WWII ‘Skipper’s Darlin’ III” was sold for scrap on September 30, 1945. Turner was a resident of the Deanwood area of Northeast Washington, DC, and attended Deanwood Elementary and Dunbar High Schools in Washington, DC. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Deanwood, of which, his father, Rev. Clarence Turner I was a founding member. |
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| Buried | 23 September 1947 | |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 December 2016 04:26:23 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 December 2016 04:09:14 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, highest rank, role, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Turner&GSfn=Andrew... |
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