20 Facts About Woodrow Crockett

Woodrow Crockett was one of the 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots.

In 1940, Woodrow Crockett left Dunbar College, no longer unable to afford tuition on a dishwasher's salary working 12 hours per day.

Woodrow Crockett was married to Daisy Juanita McMurray Woodrow Crockett until her death in 2000.

On March 25,1943, Woodrow Crockett graduated as a member of Cadet Class SE-43-C, receiving his wings and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Woodrow Crockett was assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group's 100th Fighter Squadron.

Woodrow Crockett was Arkansas' second citizen to graduate from Tuskegee's cadet program,.

In June 1944 during a mission, Crockett contemporaneously assumed command of the 100th Squadron after squadron commander Lieutenant Robert B Tresville and his plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea; Tresville was later presumed missing in action and deceased.

Woodrow Crockett was a member of the Twenty-fifth Air Division, and served at various US Air Force bases.

Woodrow Crockett served in many roles, including as a radiological safety officer, a flying safety officer, and a squadron commander.

Woodrow Crockett was airborne during the Marshall Islands atomic bomb tests while serving on a B-17.

Woodrow Crockett graduated from the US Air Command and Staff College.

In 1958, Woodrow Crockett served as the F-106 Category II Test Program's assistant test director at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California.

On June 2,1959, Woodrow Crockett was one of the first of several pilots selected to fly at Mach 2 speeds.

Woodrow Crockett briefly served at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Oslo, Norway.

From 1960 to 1970, Woodrow Crockett worked with the Pentagon to integrate the Air National Guard.

In 1970, Woodrow Crockett retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Woodrow Crockett accumulated more than 5,000 flight-time hours and 520 combat hours.

In 1992, Woodrow Crockett became the first African American to be inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame.

In 1994, Woodrow Crockett accompanied fellow Arkansan and then-President Bill Clinton to attend 50th anniversary commemorative events of World War II's D-Day.

In 1995, Woodrow Crockett was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.