Wilfred DeFour, 100 Year Old Tuskegee Airman, has Died
Kruz Newz: Wilfred DeFour, 100 Year Old Tuskegee Airman During World War II, has Died
Wilfred DeFour, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, died on Saturday in New York. He was 100. DeFour had just attended a ceremony last month honoring the Tuskegee Airmen by renaming a Harlem post office after them.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military pilots.
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