Andrew D Turner

Military
media-24787.jpeg UPL 24787 332nd FG Pilots
Left to Right: Dempsey W. Morgan, Carroll S. Woods, Robert H. Nelson, Andrew D. Turner, Clarence P. Lester

Object Number - UPL 24787 - 332nd FG Pilots Left to Right: Dempsey W. Morgan, Carroll S. Woods, Robert H. Nelson, Andrew D. Turner, Clarence P. Lester

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

6 January 1920

Enlisted

8 October 1942

Died

18 September 1947 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.

Buried

23 September 1947 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Section 8, Grave 5342

Other

Commander - 100th FS

Flew 69 combat missions

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