Hiram Mann, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 23-May-1921
Date of Death: 17-May-2014
Profession: aircraft pilot
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Hiram Mann
- Hiram Mann (May 23, 1921 – May 17, 2014) was an American aviator, retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, and member of the Tuskegee Airmen's 332nd Fighter Group, an elite squadron of African-American airmen during World War II.
- Mann flew forty-eight missions over Europe as a member of the 332nd Fighter Group during the war.
- Mann was a member of the "Red Tails," as the Tuskegee Airmen were called at the time, so-called because the tails of the P-51D Mustangs flown by the African-American pilots in combat missions were painted crimson red.
- (The term "Tuskegee Airmen" did not come into use until the creation of a veteran's organization in 1972).
- Mann nicknamed his own fighter plane "The Iron Lady" after his wife.
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