File:Curtiss P-40L of 99th FS (USAAF) in North Africa 1943.jpg
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| Description | The U.S. Army Air Forces Curtiss P-40L Warhawk flown by 1st Lt. (later Maj.) Charles B. Hall of Brazil, Indiana (USA), 99th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group, in North Africa. On Friday, 2 July 1943, Hall became the first USAAF pilot of African-Amcerican descent to shoot down an enemy plane, a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190. |
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| Source | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 141208-F-DW547-012 |
| Author | USAAF |
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