Clarence D. Lester
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Clarence D. Lester
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Clarence D. "Lucky" Lester was an American fighter pilot who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, during World War II. He was one of the first African-American military aviators in the United States Army Air Corps, the United States Army Air Forces and later the United States Air Force. Lester best known as one of two Tuskegee pilots who shot down three Focke-Wulf Fw 190 or Messerschmitt Bf 109 on a single mission; the other pilot was Captain Joseph Elsberry.
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Tuskegee Airman (1923–1986)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_D._Lester
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2023-12-30T21:36:52Z
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