- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Eugene Bullard
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Musée de l'Air, Paris, France
- Date of Original:
- 1929
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Eugene Bullard, pictured in 1929, was the world's first Black combat aviator. A native of Columbus, Bullard moved in 1912 to England, where he worked as a prizefighter. He joined the French army at the beginning of World War I and eventually received flight training. During the war he flew at least twenty missions and downed at least one German plane.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/eugene-bullard-1895-1961/eugene-bullard_001-scaled-opt/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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