Alix Pasquet

Alix Pasquet
BornNovember 14, 1919
Haiti
DiedJuly 29, 1958 (aged 38)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Allegiance Haiti
 United States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
Haitian Air Force
RankCaptain
ConflictsWorld War II

Alix Pasquet (November 14, 1919 – July 29, 1958) was a World War II fighter pilot, one of only five Haitian members of the Tuskegee Airmen, a soccer star, and a political revolutionary. He was killed while leading a coup attempt against Haitian President François Duvalier in 1958.

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