About: Lemuel R. Custis

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Lemuel Rodney Custis (June 4, 1915 – February 24, 2005) was an U.S. Army Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot and Squadron Operations Officer with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. Custis was Hartford, Connecticut's first African American police officer. Custis was the last surviving member of this original African American US military combat fighter pilots.

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  • Lemuel Rodney Custis (June 4, 1915 – February 24, 2005) was an U.S. Army Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot and Squadron Operations Officer with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. Custis was Hartford, Connecticut's first African American police officer. Custis was the first African American combat fighter pilot in the US military, sharing this distinction with cadet classmates Captain Benjamin O. Davis Jr., future Tuskegee Airmen Commander and future U.S. four-star general; 2nd Lt. George S. Roberts ("Spanky" Roberts)(September 24, 1918 - March 8, 1984); 2nd Lt. Charles DeBow (Feb 13, 1918 – April 4, 1968); and 2nd Lt. Mac Ross (1912-1944) Being among the first five to graduate, they "drew the most sustained attention from the press and the black community as a result." Custis was the last surviving member of this original African American US military combat fighter pilots. (en)
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  • Howard University, University of Connecticut's School of Law (en)
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  • Hartford, Connecticut, US (en)
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  • West Hartford, Connecticut, US (en)
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  • Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford County (en)
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  • Lemuel Rodney Custis (June 4, 1915 – February 24, 2005) was an U.S. Army Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot and Squadron Operations Officer with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. Custis was Hartford, Connecticut's first African American police officer. Custis was the last surviving member of this original African American US military combat fighter pilots. (en)
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