Biography of august martin

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August “Augie” Harvey Martin (1919-1968) was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman.

He was the first Black airline pilot in the United States.

August Martin was born on August 13, 1919 in Los Angeles, California.

August Harvey Martin (August 31, 1919–July 30, 1968) was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman.

August Harvey Martin (August 31, 1919–July 30, 1968) was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman.

Biographical Note​​ August “Augie” Harvey Martin (1919-1968) was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman.

August Harvey Martin was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman.

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The first African American to pilot a commercial aircraft was August Martin.

He learned to fly in California, circa 1940 and in 1943 joined the Army Air Corps. Martin had flight training at Tuskegee, Alabama and earned his wings in September 1945. However World War II ended prior to his overseas deployment and he was discharged in January 1946.

Post-World War II, he struggled to find full-time work as a Black pilot.

August Martin Jr. began his career at Twentieth Century Fox where he worked for twenty-one years marketing films.

Martin took an aircraft maintenance job with Willis Air Service in Teterboro, New Jersey so he could remain close to the aviation field. Between 1946 and 1955 he was a part-time pilot for several smaller carriers, including World Airways.

In 1955, August Martin became the first Black pilot to captain a United States commercial airline when he was hire