Mr. Farrar Photo from Associated Press
LYNCHBURG - Tuskegee Airman Alfred Thomas Farrar died on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in Lynchburg only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99.
Mr. Farrar would have turned 100 on Dec. 26. Mr. Farrar left his Lynchburg hometown for Tuskegee, Ala., after graduating from high school, to begin his aviation training in 1941. âIt was the next best thing to do,â Mr. Farrar told The News & Advance in an article that ran last week.
Mr. Farrar learned to be a pilot during his time in the U.S. Army Air Corps program but didnât fly any combat missions overseas, according to his son, Roy Farrar.