Halbert
Leo
"Top Gun"
Alexander
Born in North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Harvey Reginald Alexander and Russell Eugene Alexander
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 30
in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Halbert Alexander is Notable.
Halbert Alexander served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): 332nd Fighter Group
Service ended:
Service started:
Unit(s): 332nd Fighter Group
Service ended:
Halbert Leo "Top Gun" Alexander served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.
Halbert Leo Alexander was born in 1922 to Halbert Jehue Alexander and Mattie B. Kaiser. [1]
Halbert graduated in Tuskegee class 44-I-SE on November 20,1944 as a 2nd Lt.[2]
He married Alice Hazel Epps.[3]
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| Congressional Gold Medal |
He was assigned to the 99th Fighter Squadron after the 332nd Fighter Group was disbanded. He was killed in an F-86 Aircraft accident, while flying over Chelmsford, Massachusetts on March 25, 1953. He is buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Illinois.[4]
Sources
- ↑
1930 Census:
"1930 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1930; Census Place: Georgetown, Vermilion, Illinois; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 2340298
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #88106618 (accessed 11 November 2022)
Leo Alexander (7), single son, in household of Halbert Alexander (37) at 310 East Thirteenth Street, Georgetown, Vermilion, Illinois, USA. Born in North Carolina. - ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Tuskegee_Airmen
- ↑ Marriage:
"Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952"
Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 314; Film Title: 82 Wayne 272800-276099; Film Description: Wayne (Dates TBD)
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9093 #1469505 (accessed 11 November 2022)
Halbert Leo Alexander (20) marriage to Alice Hazel Epps on 1 Aug 1942 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127515440/halbert-leo-alexander: accessed 11 November 2022), memorial page for CPT Halbert Leo “Top Gun” Alexander (19 Jun 1922–25 Mar 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127515440, citing Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by RWCNAC (contributor 46739623) .
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