Defence
Eugene Bullard: The First Black Fighter Pilot
March 31, 2021
Maria Garcia Ribera
Eugene Bullard during his flight training. The Croix de Guerre with Star he received for valour during the Battle of Verdun is visible. On the left, there is the unofficial wings worn by many French pilots. From Columbus, Georgia to Paris, France Born on the 9th of October 1895 and the seventh child of William Octave Bullard, a former enslaved Haitian man and Josephine Thomas, his Muskogee Creek mother, who died when he was only 6. Eugene was…