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John F. Briggs, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen an a fighter pilot during World War II, died Saturday, June 2, 2007, of cancer at home in The Hallmark residence in Creve Coeur. He was 86.

He is surved by his wife, Mary Jane (Williams), two brothers, George Carper and Adolphus Briggs.

After the war, Mr. Briggs stayed in the military and retired from the Air Force in 1963 as a major. He joined the Federal Aviation Administration testing the skills of commercial pilots. He retired from the FAA in Texas in 1986.

Mr. Briggs is depicted in a mural honoring black aviators at Lambert Field.

Mr. Briggs was born in St. Louis and graduated from Sumner High School in 1939. He joined the Tuskegee Airmen, a program of the segregated Army Air Forces to train black fighter pilots at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

*The preceding content is not intended as a comprehensive biography, but it highlights their significance as a result of military or civilian distinction, lasting achievements, or association with impactful national events. 

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