- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- World's First Black Combat Aviator historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Muscogee County
African American air pilots--Georgia--Columbus
Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1895-1961 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Intersection of Talbotton Road and Midland Street, Columbus
Text of marker: "WORLD'S FIRST BLACK COMBAT AVIATOR. In World War I, Bullard earned the Croix de Guerre, France's highest military medal, as an Infantryman at the Battle of Verdun. He later flew some 20 missions as a French combat pilot. In the interwar years, he was a musician, club owner, and celebrity in Paris. He married a Parisian society woman with whom he raised two daughters. When Germany conquered France in 1940, Bullard came to New York where he worked in obscurity for the rest of his life. Erected by the Historic Columbus Foundation and Historic Chattahoochee Commission 2007" - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_worlds-first-black-combat-aviator
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_worlds-first-black-combat-aviator
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
