Captain Benjamin O. Davis in the cockpit of a training aircraft in 1942. The following year he organized the 332nd Fighter Group, the "Tuskegee...
Portrait of Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr , his son Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin O Davis Jr , and daughter-in-law Agatha Scott Davis ,...
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations US Air Forces Europe Benjamin O Davis Jr smiles as he is awarded Lt General 2nd star rank by Deputy Commander US...
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles Dryden before he takes off in a P-40 Warhawk at an army air base.
American United States Air Force captain Benjamin O Davis Jr climbing into an trainer aircraft at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama,...
British-born American comedian & media personality Bob Hope shakes hands with US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr as the former is...
Married couple, Agatha Davis and US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcome Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter...
Married couple, Agatha Davis and US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcome Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter...
Married couple, Agatha Davis and US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcome Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter...
Married couple, Agatha Davis and US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcome Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter...
Married couple, Agatha Davis and US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcome Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter...
Married couple, Agatha Davis and US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcome Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter...
Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr welcomes Canadian-born American media personality Art Linkletter to Clark Air Base, Luzon,...
Air Force Chief of Staff General John P McConnell pins a third star on the uniform of Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr with the assistance of...
Portrait of staff officers of the 99th Fighter Squadron , Fez, French Morocco, May 12, 1943. Pictured are, from left, Commanding Officer Lt Col...
Commanding Officer of the 99th Fighter Squadron Lt Col Benjamin O Davis Jr stands in front of a large map of Europe as he delivers a mission briefing...
Commanding Officer of the 99th Fighter Squadron Lt Col Benjamin O Davis Jr speaks with war correspondent Ollie Stewart , Fez, French Morocco, May 12,...
Formal portrait of American Colonel Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr , of the Tuskegee Airmen and commander of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th...
Washington, D.C.: Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis , of the Inspector General's Department, is shown here with his son at a War Department press...
Captain Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. Of Washington, DC climbs into an Advance Trainer airplane, Tuskegee, AL, January 1942.
West Point, NY: Lieutenant Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the first Negro cadet to receive a diploma from the United States Military Academy in 50 years, is...
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Commander of the 51st Fighter Interceptor wing in Korea, pauses for a moment behind his desk, over which pass the...
United States Army Air Force Captain Benjamin O Davis, Jr stands on the wing as he climbs aboard a Vultee BT-13 Valiant trainer aircraft, Tuskegee,...
British-born American comedian & media personality Bob Hope shakes hands with US Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr as the former is...
Washington: Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., appears at meeting in Attorney General Mitchell's office during which Mitchell and Transportation...
Air Force officers Major Norris M. Overly, of Wheeling, West Virginia and Captain Jon D. Black , of Johnson City, Tennessee are greeted by Subic Bay...
Fort Dix, N.J.: Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, the new head of an agency created to prevent sky-hijacking by using Sky Marshalls, is shown at a press...
Major General Benjamin O. Davis, highest ranking Negro in the U.S. Armed Forces, shown at his desk at the Pentagon After it was announced that he...
Benjamin O. Davis, Chief of Staff of U.S. Forces in Korea in 1965, is shown in a portrait. Davis is the highest-ranking Black officer in the U.S.
Cleveland, Ohio: Former Air Force lieutenant general Benjamin O. Davis met with well wishers after being sworn in as Cleveland's new safety director...
Job well done brings a smile from Colonel Davis, while Colonel Harry B. Young, deputy commander and Major Lawrence E. Berner, wing adjutant look on...
Col. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., son of the only Negro ever to attain the rank of general in the army, was appointed yesterday as the first Negro...
General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. , director of Operations and Training at headquarters, Far East Air Force, in Tokyo, is presented the stars of a...
Colonel Benjamin O Davis , the leader of the 332nd Fighter pilot Squadron, the only all African-American unit in the American forces, at an airbase...
Army Air Corps cadets salute as they report to Captain Benjamin O Davis, Jr , commandant of cadets at Tuskegee Field, Alabama, September 1941.
Formal portrait of US Army General Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr , Washington DC, October 3, 1945. He was the first African-American to attain the rank of...
United States Air Force Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Pins the Distinguished Flying Cross to his son Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Of the...
Major General Benjamin O Davis Jr, shortly after being named new Chief of Staff of US forces and of the UN command in Korea, Washington DC, April 16,...
Portrait of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis, Jr , a commmander of the famed Tuskegee Airmen during the Second World War,...
Black Pilots. Washington, DC: Unidentified group of pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, is briefed before start of a mission in Italy...
West Point, NY: Lt. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., of Chicago, IL, receives his diploma from General John J. Pershing, as he graduated from West Point...
Lieutenant General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Of the United States Air Force sits at a microphone in a white dress uniform, 1960s. Davis was the first...
At the Tuskegee Field, Air Corps cadets salute as they report to Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Commandant of Cadets, September 1941.
Garden Party given by General Davis in honour of the officers of the Italian fleet, United Kingdom, drawing by Eduardo Ximenes , from L'Illustrazione...
United States Air Force Major General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. With Brigadier Sigismund von Falkenstein of the the West German Luftwaffe, 24th March...
General Benjamin Davis, boxer Joe Louis, attorney and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Daisy Lampkin are attending the NAACP...
United States Army Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr during an inspection tour of African-American soldiers in the European Theater of...
Colonel Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr poses in his airplane, ca 1950. He holds the highest combat post ever held by an African American in the United...
Baltimore, UNITED STATES: Wax figures of black military leaders including General Colin Powell General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. And USAF General...
An undated US Air force photo shows USAF General Benjamin O. Davis Jr , the leader of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and the...
