Tuskegee pilot Lt Samuel Bruce

[Brian]

Thanks Carlos & John for your responses. However, my source states otherwise. At a seminar on black aviation in Washington in 1983, Colonel George Roberts, former CO 99thFS, stated (according to Bob Smith):

"A US fighter plane, flown by a black pilot, was shot down by a white South African who deliberately machine-gunned and killed the American as he parachuted away to safety. On the day in question, there were no German planes in the sky when the Spitfire attacked the P-40, flown by one of the squadron's best pilots Sam Bruce. The strafing of the helpless man was witnessed by other pilots who were unable to do anything about it. The South Africans never contacted us (the 99th). They did contact our HQ and said it was a mistake. The rest of the men were horrified and wanted to go to war with the rest of the world, but I think because we didn't make a big deal of it, were were bigger and better for it."

PS: A quick look in the ORBs of 1, 2 and 5 SAAF Squadrons not not reveal any information.

Cheers
Brian