Alfred Farrar, former Tuskegee Airman, dies just short of 100th birthday
December 21, 2020 / 3:02 AM / AP
Lynchburg, Virginia Alfred Thomas Farrar, a former Tuskegee Airman, died on Thursday in Virginia only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99. Farrar s son, Roy, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his father died at his Lynchburg home. Alfred Farrar would have turned 100 years old on Dec. 26.
Farrar left his Lynchburg hometown for Tuskegee, Alabama after graduating high school, to begin his aviation training in 1941. It was the next best thing to do, Farrar had told The News & Advance in a story that ran last week.
Tuskegee Airman dies at 99, days before ceremony honoring his service
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Posted Dec 20, 2020
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, file photo, Alfred Farrar, a Tuskegee Airman who is celebrating his 100th birthday in December, poses for a portrait in the doorway of his home in Lynchburg, Va. Farrar died on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in Virginia, only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99. Farrar s 100th birthday would ve been on Dec. 26. (Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via AP, File)AP
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Alfred Thomas Farrar, a former Tuskegee Airman, died on Thursday in Virginia only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99.
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Ex-Tuskegee Airman Alfred Thomas Farrar dies at age 99
The former aerospace engineer would have turned 100 years old on Dec. 26
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Alfred Thomas Farrar, a former Tuskegee Airman, died on Thursday in Virginia only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99.
Farrar’s son,
Roy, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his father died at his Lynchburg home. Alfred Farrar would have turned 100 years old on Dec. 26.
Farrar left his Lynchburg hometown for Tuskegee, Alabama, after graduating from high school to began his aviation training in 1941.
Lynchburg hero, Tuskegee Airman passes away days before 100th birthday
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Lynchburg hero and Tuskegee Airman Alfred Farrar has passed away, just days before his 100th birthday (LAVC)
LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Tuskegee Airman who lived in Lynchburg has passed away, according to the Lynchburg Area Veterans Council.
Alfred T. Farrar served in World War II and died on Thursday night, days before his 100th birthday on Dec. 26.
The veterans council is still set to honor his life and service at Monument Terrace on Christmas Day.
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