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Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a member of the U. S. Army Air Forces fighter group of African Americans known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died last Wednesday at the age of 90.  Archer flew 169 combat missions, and was considered the sole black American “ace” of World War II, having shot down five enemy aircraft.

Archer earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and received special citations from three Presidents.  Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1970, Archer joined General Foods as one of the era’s few black corporate vice presidents of a major American company.

Library resources: Tuskegee Airmen