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Roy M. Chappell,Tuskegee Airman
Posted by Pat Carry on Thu Oct 03, 2002 08:07:04 PM
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The Chicago Tribune last week annouced the death of Tuskegee Airman, Roy Chappell of cancer at the age of 81. In the later years of his life Mr Chappell was instrumental in keeping Meigs Field in Chicago open against the wishes of Chicago's mayor who wanted to turn the land into a park. Mr. Chappell had been the longtime president of Chicago's Tuskegee Airman chapter and he used this position to turn Meigs Field into a mecca for EAA's Young Eagles program which is credited with taking over 6,000 children on free flights from Meigs Field alone. Rest in peace.
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- Re: Roy M. Chappell,Tuskegee Airman - Mick Fri Oct 04, 2002 07:02:17 AM