RIP. Army Air Corps!



Associated Press
Published: August 21, 2008

Sherman Rose, a former flight instructor for
the Tuskegee Airmen has died in Dothan. He was 88. Rose was among the first African-Americans to receive pilot training from the U.S. government.

He died Wednesday at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. The Tuskegee Airmen were an all-black unit trained at Moton Field and helped break racial barriers while gaining fame escorting
bombers in World War II. Rose also served as a flight instructor at Fort Rucker for 20
years.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/

Mural Tribute in Dothan Depicting Rose:

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2W1

RIP Sherman Rose. Nice tribute in that mural!