Herbert Carter

Herbert Eugene Carter (September 27, 1919 – November 8, 2012) was an American military officer of the United States Air Force. He was a member of the original thirty-three members of the Tuskegee Airmen. He flew 77 missions with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. He was one of ten children in his family. His father, George Washington Carter, was African-American, while his mother, Willie Ann Sykes Carter, the fourth class to graduate from Tuskegee Army Airfield. He was his class's Cadet Captain

Marriage to Mildred Hemmons In 1939, Carter met Mildred Hemmons, a business major at Tuskegee University. Instead, he would schedule a maintenance flight check during the weekend and meet Mildred, who flew a rented plane, above nearby Lake Martin. One of the squadron's best-known tasks was to escort bombers and defend them from enemy fire.

Post-World War II Carter served in the United States Air Force for 25 years before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1969.

Death Lt. Colonel Herbert Carter died at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama, on November 8, 2012, at the age of 93. He was the last surviving Tuskegee Airman from Mississippi.