Eugene Jacques Bullard, Black Military Pilot

#OTD Eugene Jacques Bullard (Oct 9, 1895 - Oct 12, 1961). One of the 1st Black military pilots. He flew for France, not the U.S.. but was one of the few Black combat pilots during WWI, along with William Robinson Clarke, a Jamaican who flew for the Royal Flying Corps, Domenico Mondelli from Italy and Ahmet Ali Çelikten of the Ottoman Empire. Bullard was also a boxer and a jazz musician, he was called "L'Hirondelle noire" in French (literally "Black Swallow").

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Note: Courtesy of Jazz the Professor: @Jazzieeiswhoiam