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George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman) was an American military aviator and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. He was born on 8 June 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. He was the son of George and Mary Hardy. He attended the Tuskegee Institute and graduated in 1945. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1943 and was assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group, the first all-black unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He flew over 50 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. After the war, he remained in the Air Force and served in the Korean War. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 with the rank of Major. After his retirement, he worked as a civil servant for the Department of Defense. He was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Aviation Hall of Fame in 2004. George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman) died on 28 April 2021 at the age of 98.

Popular As George Edward Hardy
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Age 99 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 8 June, 1925
Birthday 8 June
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1949

Hardy, along with 1949 Top Gun winners James H. Harvey and Harry Stewart, Jr., are among the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen.

1948

Hardy was recalled in 1948 and sent to Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. He was sent to Guam with the 19th Bomb Group. He then was sent to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa: he flew a B-29 and piloted 45 combat missions over Korea. One senior officer, then-Lt Col Fred W. Miller, disliked Hardy because of his race and he removed him from a B-29 mission. That B-29 was shot down in North Korean airspace.

1943

In 1943 when Hardy was 17, he joined the Army Air Corps that same year he began training to fly at the Tuskegee Air Field late. He was deployed to Keesler Army Air Field in Biloxi, Mississippi for basic training. He graduated in 1944 as a second Lieutenant in the United States Army. He was qualified to fly single-engine planes and sent to Walterboro Army Air Field in South Caroline to train for combat. He completed his combat training in 1945 and was then sent to Italy. Hardy became one of only 350 Tuskegee Airmen who were deployed overseas. He flew 21 combat missions over Germany in 1945. The majority of his missions he escorted bombers to their targets. After the war, Hardy went back to Tuskegee to train pilots.

1942

Hardy's parents names were Edward Hardy and Alma Vargas. He was exposed to racism and segregation growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated high school in 1942 and wanted to join the military because his older brother had joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. When he joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 the U.S. military was segregated. Hardy faced discrimination from commanders in the Army. After WWII (1947) Hardy went to school at New York University School of Engineering and Science until 1948. Hardy wanted to be an Engineer, he did not plan to make a career in the Air Force.

1925

George Hardy (born June 8, 1925) is an American retired pilot and military officer. In World War II Hardy served with the Tuskegee Airmen and flew 21 combat missions. In the Korean War he flew 45 combat mission as the pilot of a bomber. In the Vietnam War Hardy flew 70 combat missions piloting an AC-119K gunship.

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