Delaware State University & East Dover Hundred in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
DSU Tuskegee Airmen Plaza
who served
1941 - 1945 WWII
Delaware State University
Tuskegee
Airmen
Delaware Tuskegee Airmen by County
New Castle County
Lt. Fred T. Johnson, Navigator Capt. Louis Purnell, Fighter Pilot Lt. Donald Stubbs Jamison, Flight Officer
Kent County
Sgt. Henry Smith, Mechanic Capt. Johnson H. Porter, Fighter Pilot Lt. Luna I. Mishoe, Photo Intel Officer Lt. Maxwell Honemond, Observation Pilot
Sussex County
Airman Nathan Thomas, Adm. Aide. Sgt. James Otis Handy, Aircraft Mechanic Sgt. Littleton P. Mitchell, Link Ground Instructor SSgt Artishia Conway Stevens, WAC, Adm Assistant
The Delaware State University Aviation Program
The Delaware State University aviation program was started in the 1980's by the late Dr. Daniel Coons after being inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen.
He created an aviation curriculum which has evolved into a first class aviation program with its own fleet of planes placing aviation graduates with major airlines across
this page online
Erected by Delaware State University.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Air & Space • Education • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the Tuskegee Airmen series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.
Location. 39° 11.169′ N, 75° 32.497′ W. Memorial is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Delaware State University & East Dover Hundred. It can be reached from Frontage Road south of Loop Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1200 N Dupont Hwy, Dover DE 19901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William C. Jason Library (within shouting distance of this marker); Science Center North (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Delaware State University Arboretum (about 500 feet away); Dr. Jerome Holland (about 600 feet away); Voyage to an Asteroid / Voyage to Halley's Comet (about 700 feet away); Delaware State College (about 800 feet away); Voyage (approx. 0.2 miles away); Loockerman Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dover.
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2. Delaware Tuskegee Airmen by County signage [Left plaque]
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 24, 2025
3. The Delaware State University Aviation Program signage [Right plaque]
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