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Curtiss P-40L Warhawk of 99th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group
Photographer: via War History Online
Taken: 1943
Caption: Curtiss P-40L Warhawk of 99th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group
Additional Description: Flown by 1st Lt. (later Maj.) Charles B. Hall of Brazil, Indiana (USA) in North Africa. On Friday, 2 July 1943, Hall became the first USAAF pilot of African-American descent to shoot down an enemy plane, a German Focke-Wulf FW 190.
Submitted: March 15, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p779151
File Size: 0.053 Megabytes

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