Hometown hero George Bray McMillan, who grew up in Winter Garden, was a member of the Flying Tigers and was shot down and killed on his 53rd mission in 1944.
Lieutenant Colonel Asa D. Herring, Jr, one of just two original remaining Tuskegee Airmen in Arizona, died at the age of 95 Friday. He was also the first Black Squadron Commander at Luke Air Force Base.
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Robert Ashby, One of Three Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen in Arizona, Dies at 95
One of the last three surviving Arizona members of the historical Tuskegee Airmen has died at age 95.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Ashby died at home in Sun City, Phoenix, on Friday, March 5, according to a news release from the Archer-Ragsdale Chapter of the famous all-Black fighter pilots who never lost a bomber.
Born in Yemassee, South Carolina, in 1926, Ashby enlisted in the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet program at just 17 and was sent to active duty in August 1944. He faced discrimination in the Air Force when he was assigned to Japan, ejected by two white flying units and stripped of his pilot status.
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