First Graduating Class of the Advanced Flying School

March 7, 1942

These graduates of the Advanced Flying School were the first African-American pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Pictured (left-right): G.S. Roberts, B.O. Davis, C.H. DeBow, R.M. Long, Mac Ross, and L.R. Curtis.

Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-94039