| Roscoe Brown | |
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Dr Brown and colleagues receive medal |
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| Born | 1922 |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | Army Air Corps |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group |
| Conflict | World War II |
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. (born 1922) is one of the Tuskegee Airmen and former squadron commander of the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group. He graduated from the Tuskegee Flight School on March 12, 1944 as member of class 44-C-SE[1] and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II. Captain Brown was one of fifteen pilots who shot down the advanced German Me-262 jet fighter.[2][3]
His father, Dr Roscoe C Brown, Sr, was an official in the United States Public Health Service.[4]
After the war, Captain Brown resumed his education and became a professor at New York University and President of Bronx Community College.
On March 29, 2007, Brown attended a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, where he and the other veteran Tuskegee Airmen (or their widows) were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their service.[5]
He lives in Riverdale, New York in the U.S.A. [6] He is also a member, and past presedent, of the 100 Black Men of America New York Chapter. [7]