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Chauncey Spencer

Chauncey Edward Spencer (1906-2002) In May 1939, he and fellow aviator Dale Lawrence White, also an NAAA member, flew a rented Lincoln-Paige biplane--with only two flight instruments--on a ten-city tour that started in Chicago and ended in Washington, DC. Realizing that war in Europe was eminent, their aim was to demonstrate the aviation abilities of "negroes" and to lobby Congress for inclusion of people of color in the Civilian Pilot Training Program for the Army Air Corps.

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