William Bartley (pilot)

Captain

William Bartley
Captain; William Bartley
	William Roscoe Bartley
Birth name	William Roscoe Bartley
Nickname(s)	Will
Born	May 16, 1916; Jacksonville, FL
Died	January 28, 2011 (aged 94); Jacksonville, FL
Buried	Mill Creek Road Cemetery Eureka, Marion County, Florida, USA
Service / branch	United States Army Air Force
Years of service	1942-1950
Rank	Captain
Unit	332nd Fighter Group
Awards	Congressional Gold Medal awarded to Tuskegee Airmen

Captain William Bartley (May 16, 1916 – January 28, 2011) was an American military pilot who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. He graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in 1943, was given the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and was placed with the 332nd Fighter Group and the 99th Fighter Squadron.^[1]^[2]

Military service

Bartley Graduated as a pilot from Tuskegee in 1943. He was given the rank of 2nd Lieutenant and placed with the 332nd Fighter Group and the 99th Fighter Squadron.

After his service in World War II he joined the Air Force Reserve as a captain in 1946.

After the war

He later worked in real estate. In the 1960s he became the business manager of Edward Waters College. In the 1970s he opened his own real estate office (Bartley Real Estate.^[4]

Awards

Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Tuskegee Airmen in 2006^[5]

Education

Old Stanton High School, Class of 1935
School of Business Administration at Tuskegee Institute in 1939
Tuskegee University Class of 1943^[4]

References

^ "Bartley, William Roscoe, Capt". airforce. Togetherweserved. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^ Caver, Joseph; Ennels, Jerome A.; Haulman, Daniel Lee (January 1, 2011). The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History, 1939-1949. NewSouth Books. p. 217. ISBN 978-1588382443.
^ Rice, Markus. "The Men and Their Airplanes: The Fighters." Tuskegee Airmen, 1 March 2000.
^ ^a ^b Kerr, Jessie-Lynne (February 4, 2011). "William Bartley, 1916-2011: Tuskegee Airman was Afro-American Insurance exec". Gatehouse Media LLC. The Florida Times Union. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^ Glassman, Matthew Eric. "Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2016" (PDF). fas. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

Notes

^ The red markings that distinguished the Tuskegee Airmen included red bands on the noses of P-51s as well as a red rudder; their P-51B and D Mustangs flew with similar color schemes, with red propeller spinners, yellow wing bands and all-red tail surfaces.^[3]

External links

Tuskegee Airmen at Tuskegee University
Tuskegee Airmen Archives at the University of California, Riverside Libraries.
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
Fly (2009 play about the 332d Fighter Group)
Executive Order 9981
List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
Military history of African Americans

[Togetherweserved-1] "Bartley, William Roscoe, Capt". airforce. Togetherweserved. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[Tuskegee-2] Caver, Joseph; Ennels, Jerome A.; Haulman, Daniel Lee (January 1, 2011). The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History, 1939-1949. NewSouth Books. p. 217. ISBN 978-1588382443.

[Rice-3] Rice, Markus. "The Men and Their Airplanes: The Fighters." Tuskegee Airmen, 1 March 2000.

[FTU-5] Kerr, Jessie-Lynne (February 4, 2011). "William Bartley, 1916-2011: Tuskegee Airman was Afro-American Insurance exec". Gatehouse Media LLC. The Florida Times Union. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[CGM-6] Glassman, Matthew Eric. "Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2016" (PDF). fas. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[4] The red markings that distinguished the Tuskegee Airmen included red bands on the noses of P-51s as well as a red rudder; their P-51B and D Mustangs flew with similar color schemes, with red propeller spinners, yellow wing bands and all-red tail surfaces.^[3]

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