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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: USN 1146845

Ensign Jesse L. Brown, USN


In the cockpit of an F4U-4 Corsair fighter, circa 1950.
He was the first African-American Naval Aviator, and flew with Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) from USS Leyte (CV-32).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 620 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1146845.

 

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