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- Walter Lee McCreary (March 4, 1918 – December 20, 2015) was an U.S. Army Air Forces/U.S. Air Force officer, former prisoner of war (POW), and one of the original combat fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group's 100th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the first hundred African American fighter pilots in history, as well as one of 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. During his 90th mission on October 22, 1944, German anti-aircraft fire shot down McCreary's aircraft. After bailing and parachuting from his damaged aircraft near Lake Balaton in Poland, McCreary was accosted by angry civilians until enemy German soldiers interceded and captured him, transporting him to several prison camps. McCready eventually landed at the Stalag Luft III POW camp near Budapest, Hungary. Held in captivity for 9 months, McCready was liberated on April 29, 1945 when General George Patton and his army captured the camp. McCreary's hometown African American newspaper, the ran a November 10, 1944 headline on its front page announcing McCreary's capture by the Germans. (en)
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- San Antonio, Texas, US (en)
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- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Columbus, Ohio, US (en)
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- Walter Lee McCreary (March 4, 1918 – December 20, 2015) was an U.S. Army Air Forces/U.S. Air Force officer, former prisoner of war (POW), and one of the original combat fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group's 100th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the first hundred African American fighter pilots in history, as well as one of 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. McCreary's hometown African American newspaper, the ran a November 10, 1944 headline on its front page announcing McCreary's capture by the Germans. (en)
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