On this day in 1943, Charles B. Hall became the first Black pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft during WWII.

On 2 July 1943, at the age of 22, Hall was on an escort mission of B-25 medium bombers on a raid on Castelvetrano in southwestern Sicily, Italy. This was his eighth mission. He shot down the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger while in a P-40. He was the first black airman, among the Tuskegee Airmen to shoot down an enemy aircraft during World War II. The victory prompted General Eissenhower to come and congratulate Hall in person. (www.tuskegeemuseum.org) और अधिक...