• Clarence D. “Lucky” Lester and Andrew D. Turner, both of whom are African-American male pilots, shake each other's hand in front of an aircraft.
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    Two of the 332nd Fighter Group’s best pilots. Clarence D. “Lucky” Lester (left) downed three enemy aircraft in one day. Andrew D. Turner won the Distinguished Flying Cross in the course of flying 69 combat missions.

  • Clarence D. “Lucky” Lester and Andrew D. Turner, both of whom are African-American male pilots, shake each other's hand in front of an aircraft.

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