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Robert
"Bob"
Ashby
Born in Yemassee, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
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Son of [father unknown] and Lillian (Ashby) Bryson
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 94
in Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Mar 2021
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Robert Ashby served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II
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Lt. Col. Robert Ashby served in the United States Air Force in the Korean War
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Bob" Ashby (Retired), a former Tuskegee Airman, was hired in 1973 as an Airline Pilot (Captain) by Frontier Airlines to become the 1st African American Pilot with Frontier Airlines. This event was also marked as the only time that a Tuskegee Airman in became an commercial airline pilot.
Sources
- Legacy Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/robert-ashby-1926-2021-tuskegee-airman-who-was-the-first-black-pilot-for-frontier-airlines/
- Military.com Obituary: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/11/robert-ashby-1-of-3-surviving-tuskegee-airmen-arizona-dies-95.html
- Wikipedia Mention - 1st African American Airline Pilot with Frontier Airlines: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Airlines
- Atlanta Black Star - Article/Obituary: https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/03/11/robert-ashby-one-of-three-last-surviving-tuskegee-airmen-in-arizona-dies-at-95
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