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The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown

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$20.00

Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and the rampant Jim Crow laws. Brown went on to become the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing. Based on archival documents and interviews with those who knew Brown, this is both a stirring story of a man breaking historic racial barriers and a thrilling tale of naval carrier aviation and combat. This is a very nice paperback book.

Collections: Aviation Books

Category: Aviation Books, Aviation Books: Books, Corsair, Jesse Brown, Korean war, Tuskegee Airman, US Navy

Type: Aviation Books


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