Cornelius Robinson Coffey

Aviator and flight instructor Cornelius R. Coffey, a 2018 inductee into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame.

African American man in cap standing next to airplane

Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Air / Transportation

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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