Portrait of Eugene Bullard

ID: 70 ~ Source: National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution,

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/si-91-6283640jpg ~ Creator: Aeronautique Militaire ~ Date: ca. 1918
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Eugene Bullard was the first African American military pilot to fly in combat and the only African American pilot to fly during WWI. Ironically he never flew for the United States, but rather for the Aéronautique Militaire in France. ID: A Black man wearing a high-neck military uniform bedecked with medals, standing with his arms crossed over his chest.

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"Tout le sang qui coule rouge."~Eugene Bullard's pilot's motto, meaning "All Blood is Red," 1914-1917 Eugene Bullard was born in Columbus, Georgia, on October 9, 1895. His parents, William and Josephine, had formerly been enslaved. At the age of 11,…