C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/C._Alfred_"Chief"_Anderson
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Tuskegee_Airmen_Congressional_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Federal_Aviation_Administration's_Wright_Brothers_Master_Pilot_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1907-02-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bryantown,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1996-04-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tuskegee,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:education self-taught pilot
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Charles_Alfred_Anderson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Tuskegee_Airmen
pioneering African American aviation
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname CEO
gptkbp:notableAchievement first African American to earn a transport, or commercial, pilot's license in the United States
co-founder of the Tuskegee Airmen training program
gptkbp:notableEvent flew First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Tuskegee_Airmen
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:pilot
flight instructor
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Charles_Anderson_Jr.
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Tuskegee,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Gertrude_Anderson
gptkbp:yearsActive 1929–1989
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Heritage_Series
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6