Walter Manning, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 03-May-1920
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 03-Apr-1945
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Walter Manning
- 2nd Lieutenant Walter Manning (May 3, 1920 - April 3, 1945) was a member of the famed group of World War II-era African-Americans known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
- He flew 50 missions, and was awarded the Air Medal for heroism 6 times.
- In 1945 he was shot down and captured in Austria: he was subsequently lynched by a mob.
- He was Posthumously awarded the congressional Gold Medal in 2007.
- Manning is the only known black man to have been lynched in Austria during World War II.
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