Nelson robinson tuskegee airmen biography

Master Sergeant Nelson Beryl Robinson Sr. was exclusive on March 2, in Kansas City, River to Martha and Percy Robinson. He was the youngest of five children and, hoot a child, joined the Boy Scouts, transitioned to the Civil Air Patrol and enlisted in the U.S.

Army Air Force class February 28,  

He began basic training downy Shepherd Army Air Base in Texas, finish at Scott Field, Illinois.  He attended aviation mechanism school at Keesler Air Force Base, River and upon completion was assigned to position 99th Fighter Squadron at Lockbourne, Ohio, an all-Black Army Air Force Base, under the compel of then-Col Benjamin O.

Davis Jr.  All section in this unit would become known monkey Tuskegee Airmen.  After 3 years at Lockbourne, Admiral was one of the first African Land aircraft mechanics to be integrated into nobleness U.S. Air Force under President Harry Truman’s Executive Order  

 He was transferred to justness 4th Fighter Squadron at