MONTEREY -- Lt. Col. Charles Harris Drummond Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen black pilot corps that served during World War II, died last week of a stroke shortly after surgery. He was 78.
Drummond, who was trained as a B-25 Bomber pilot, died last Thursday in Community Hospital in Monterey. He belonged to the 477th Bomber Group, which was preparing for action in Southeast Asia when the war ended.
Drummond was in the Air Force Reserves when World War II ended and transferred to the Massachusetts National Guard, and was recalled into the Army in 1951 for the Korean War -- where he flew L-19s and helicopters.
A native of Cambridge, Mass., who attended Boston University Law School, Drummond retired from the Army in 1970 after 30 years of military service.
Eight years ago, Drummond founded the Summer Flight Academy -- a program in the San Francisco Bay area that trains unerprivileged young people to fly airplanes.
Drummond is survived by Doris, his wife of 55 years, and six children.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. next Tuesday at Hayes C.M.E. Church in Seaside. Drummond will be cremated and buried Nov. 17 at Arlington National Cemetery.<
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