Remembering An American Hero

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Lee Andrew Archer Jr., 90, (left) a decorated World War II aviator, holds aloft an ROTC coin presented by 19- year-old Howard University sophomore and ROTC Cadet Darold F. Ross during a National Black History Month commemoration ceremony at the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ross, a member of ROTC Detachment 130, wants to become a pilot, and said Archer's exploits, and those of the other Tuskegee Airmen, "paved the way -- directly -- for me." Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Pilot Considered The Only Ace Tuskegee Airman Dies -- Washington Post

NEW YORK -- Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company and founder of a venture capital firm, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 90.

His son, Roy Archer, said his father died at Cornell University Medical Center in Manhattan. A cause of death was not immediately determined.

The Tuskegee Airmen were America's first black fighter pilot group in World War II.

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