George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman who served in three wars, dies at 100
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Lieutenant Col., one of the last surviving members of the famous Tuskegee Airmen George Hardy died at the age of 100.
Hardy, as part of the first black military pilots of the American Unit II. He served in World War II. Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. According to his National Office, he was 19 years old, the youngest red tail hunter pilot who flies the first war question through Europe.
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. “The inheritance is courage, flexibility, tremendous skills and racism, prejudice and other evils,” his national office said on Friday. He said. “We are grateful for his sacrifice and we will value his memory.”
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During the Second World War, Hardy, who was in Ramitelli Air Field in Italy, completed 21 tasks in Germany and occupied Europe on P-51 Mustang planes. In the organization, he said that his death left only 13 original Tuskegee Airmen today.
The US Air Force, Tuskegee Airman, Lieutenant Col. George E. Hardy is standing next to the former P-51D Mustang in the UK Royal Air Force Lakenheath on October 4, 2016. (US Air Force Photo / Senior Aviator Malcolm Mayfield)
According to the National Museum of World War II, Hardy, who was born in Philadelphia in 1925 and the second of seven children, was interrupted by reports on the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941.
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In 1944, the US Army, who was educated at the Tuskegee Army Airspace and was assigned as a second lieutenant, entered the Air Force. The National Second World War Museum said that Hardy was deployed to Italy with the Afro -American 99th Fleet, 332. War Group.
Retired Soldier Lieutenant Col. George Hardy, Left and Brig. Gene, both of which are former Tuskegee Airmen. Enoch Woodhouse, Salisbury, NC, 6 December 2023 Salisbury National Cemetery 2. Fred L. Brewer Jr. is attending a funeral in honor. (US Army / SPC. Hermon Whaley Jr.)
Hardy’s service went beyond the World War II, and during the Korean War, he took 70 duties and 70 duties during the Vietnam War.
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According to the National Museum of the Second World War, he later gained degrees at the Institute of Air Force Technology, and in 1971 he retired as Lieutenant Colonel before he retired as a lieutenant.
A World War II. (US Air Force Photo/ Senior Aviator Malcolm Mayfield)
After his retirement, Hardy became an advocate to keep Tuskegee Airmen’s story alive by talking to students around the country. In 2007, Tuskegee Airmen received the Golden Medal of the Congress and the American Spirit of the National Second World War Museum in 2024.
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“When we prove that we can do everything in front of me and with me in Tuskegee, and that we can do everything that others can do, and think about the fact that we are paid today … It is hard to believe that I have received this award -Hard Hardy said when accepting the American Spirit Award on behalf of Tusgeeeee.
