Samuel Levi Broadnax (1925 - 2009)

Born 24 Sep 1925 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Oct 2009 at age 84 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States

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Biography

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Samuel Broadnax 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.

Flight Officer Samuel Broadnax served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
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Unit(s): 477th Bombardment Group
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1930 CENSUS - Grand Bend, Barton, Kansas, USA ^[1]

John A Broadnax Head 60 Negro Oklahoma Indian Territory Divorced

Freddie Broadnax Son 14 Kansas Negro

Samuel Broadnax Son 4 Kansas Negro

Samuel Broadnax was the author of Blue Skies, Black Wings : African American Pioneers of Aviation published in 2007 by Praeger. ^[2]

He died at the age of 84 on October 7, 2009 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California.^[3] and is buried in Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1930 Census "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X736-T6C : accessed 31 March 2023), Samuel Broadnax in household of John A Broadnax, Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 6B, line 86, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 693; FHL microfilm 2,340,428.
2. ↑ Photo of Cover of Blue Skies, Black Wings
3. ↑ Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
   Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
   Ancestry Record 3693 #86007720
   Samuel L Broadnax death 7 Oct 2009 (born 24 Sep 1925) residing at 95833, Sacramento, Sacramento, California.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #72822184
   Memorial page for WO Samuel Levi Broadnax (24 Sep 1925-7 Oct 2009), citing Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Solano County, California, USA (plot: SECTION COL-1 ROW A SITE 11-E); Maintained by R & S (contributor 46634910).

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: 3224; Sheet Number: 7; Enumeration District: 61-142
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #267457649
  Samuel L Broadnax (24), single lodger, in household of Richard Terzian (22) in Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA. Born in Kansas.

SEE ALSO:

• Wikipedia:Tuskegee_Airmen
• https://www.ouhsd.org/cms/lib/CA02222577/Centricity/Domain/58/Broadnax%20Samuel.pdf
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/broadnax-samuel-l
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Blue_Skies_Black_Wings/LHePzAEACAAJ?hl=en