Eugene J. Bullard, 1895-1961 / World's First Black Combat Aviator

Eugene J. Bullard, 1895-1961 / World's First Black Combat Aviator (HMUUP)

Location: Columbus, GA 31904 Muscogee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 29.126', W 84° 58.662'

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Eugene J. Bullard, 1895 - 1961
Bullard grew up in a small shotgun style house near this site. His father, William, was a laborer for the W. C. Bradley Company. Eugene completed the fifth grade at the 28th Street School. Shaken by the death of his mother, Josephine, and the near lynching of his father, Bullard left Columbus as a young teenager. In 1912, he stowed-away on a merchant ship out of Norfolk, Virginia. He spent the next 28 years of his life in Europe.

World's First Black Combat Aviator
In World War I, Bullard earned the Croix de Guerre, France's highest military medal, as an infantryman at the Battle of Verdun. He later flew some 20 missions as a French combat pilot. In the interwar years, he was a musician, club owner, and celebrity in Paris. He married a Parisian society woman with whom he raised two daughters. When Germany conquered France in 1940, Bullard came to New York where he worked in obscurity for the rest of his life.

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Year Placed2007
Placed ByThe Historic Columbus Foundation and Historic Chattahoochee Commission
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Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 1:56pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 690020 N 3596045
Decimal Degrees32.48543333, -84.97770000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 29.126', W 84° 58.662'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 29' 7.56" N, 84° 58' 39.72" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1123-1127 Talbotton Rd, Columbus GA 31904, US
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