TWINSBURG, Ohio — Asa Newman, who was one of the last serving Tuskegee Airmen, has died at 102, according to his niece, Maurice Newman. Born in Cleveland on Sept. 24, 1918, Newman was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen‚ the first African-American unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. Asa Newman stands with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. Download now on your Apple device here, and your Android device here. You can also catch News 5 Cleveland on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube TV, DIRECTV NOW, Hulu Live and more.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 04, 2021 17:48 UTC