On November 15, 1921, Jefferson was born in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest child of Alexander Jefferson and Jane White Jefferson.
He was an American Air Force officer best known as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen’s 332nd Fighter Group.
During WWII, he participated in the United States Army Air Forces.
Alexander Jefferson cause of death: What happened to Alexander Jefferson
The late Alexander Jefferson died on June 22, 2022, at age 100. His cause of death is currently unknown.
He was signed into the United States Army Reserve on September 23, 1942, after volunteering but not being approved for flight training.
He attended the graduate school of Howard University after working as an analytical chemist for three months and applying to the US Army Air Force again.
On August 12, 1944, he was shot down on his 19th mission over Toulon, southern France, while bombing a radar facility.
He was quickly apprehended by Nazi ground soldiers after parachuting to safety and landed in a woodland.
He was transferred to the Polish prisoner of war camp of Stalag Luft III, a Luftwaffe-run facility for captured Allied Air Force soldiers.
During his incarceration, Jefferson claims that his German captors treated him like any other Air Force officer.
