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428-GX-USN-1160763: Navy Aviation Officer Candidate Jill Brown, 1974

428-GX-USN-1160763: Navy Aviation Officer Candidate Jill Brown, 1974. Her father, Mr. Gilbert Brown, and Commander Ted Hewitt look over some paper work prior to a training flight. Hewitt is the Commanding Officer of Miss Brown’s unit. She is the first African-American to qualify for training as a military pilot. Photographed by PHC James E. Markham, received January 1975. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 428-GX-USN-1160763: Navy Aviation Officer Candidate Jill Brown, 1974. Her father, Mr. Gilbert Brown, and Commander Ted Hewitt look over some paper work prior to a training flight. Hewitt is the Commanding Officer of Miss Brown’s unit. She is the first African-American to qualify for training as a military pilot. Photographed by PHC James E. Markham, received January 1975. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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