Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Honors the Passing of Robert Ashby

Ashby was an OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame inductee.
Bob Ashby was the first black pilot to retire from a commercial airline.
Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals
The Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) announced that Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert “Bob” Ashby a longtime OBAP member and champion had flown west on March 5, 2021. He was 95 years old. His obituary said Ashby was enamored with airplanes at a young age and enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1944 rather than waiting to be drafted. He tested into the Tuskegee Institute for flight training. After World War II, he also flew bombers during the Korean conflict.

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