Image:Jesse L Brown USN.jpg

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English: Navy Historical Center, Washington, D.C. — Historical file photo of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, seated in the cockpit of an F4U-4 Corsair Fighter plane, the U.S. Navy’s first black naval aviator. Ensign Brown flew with the “Swordsmen” of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV 32) during the Korean Conflict. While in Korea, he was killed in action and posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Source

U.S. Navy NewsStand photo ID 030318-N-0000X-002
U.S. Navy NewsStand
Date

Not specified, probably 1950
Author

U.S. Navy, Author unknown or not specified
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


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current05:05, 18 March 20082,788×2,216 (839 KB)DanMS (Trimmed excess white space from photo and uploaded again.)
05:02, 18 March 20082,970×2,394 (832 KB)DanMS ({{Information |Description = {{en|Navy Historical Center, Washington, D.C. — Historical file photo of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, seated in the cockpit of an F4U-4 Corsair Fighter plane, the U.S. Navy’s first black naval aviator. Ensign Brown flew with )
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