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Jesse Leroy Brown: First African American Navy Fighter Pilot

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UCF College of Arts & Humanities

2008 documentary produced by UCF students about Jesse L. Brown, the first African American fighter pilot. The film is now part of the Library of Congress collection.

Jesse LeRoy Brown (13 October 1926 – 4 December 1950) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first AfricanAmerican aviator in the U.S. Navy, a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the first AfricanAmerican naval officer killed in the Korean War.

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