From Sierra Leone in West Africa, John Henry Smythe was one of the first Black airmen in the Royal Air Force (RAF). The RAF navigator had already flown 26 missions as a Short Stirling bomber crew member when he was shot down and captured in Nazi Germany in 1943. Having decided to join the fight...

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