Frank Macon was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Black pilots and support staff who served with distinction in World War II.Macon was in high school when the U.S.
entered World War II. Having been fascinated with aviation all his life, he joined the Civil Air Patrol, aiding in the war effort until he could join the U.S.
Army Air Corps in 1943. Macon trained with Tuskegee’s Class 45A, but an incident during flight training left him with ruptured eardrums that took almost a year to heal.
Read more on legacy.com