Alix Pasquet Alix Pasquet ( unknown – 1958 ) was a World War II fighter pilot , one of only three Haitian members of the Tuskegee Airmen , a soccer star , and a political revolutionary . Fighter pilot . In 1942 , Haitian President Élie Lescot implemented an aviation corps program . and chose 3 men out of 42 corps members to receive pilot training in Tuskegee , Alabama . Alix Pasquet , a law graduate of Ecole Millitaire d ' Haiti and an officer in the Haitian army at the time , was one of these three chosen officers . The U . S . Government needed the Haitians to organize a patrol of the Caribbean Sea during World War II and gave the Haitian government six airplanes . These airplanes could carry bombs and could be used to attack German submarines within that area . In February 1943 , Pasquet , along with Raymond Cassagnol and Philippe Célestin , traveled from Port - au - Prince to Alabama to begin training at the famed Tuskegee Flight School . The Tuskegee Airmen were renowned for their unmatched record of more than 200 combat missions with few losses . Pasquet ' s training went through three stages — primary , basic , and advanced — and was extremely rigorous . He was trained by Jimmy Plinton , Jr . , who was reputed as one of the best trainers in the Tuskegee Air Force program , over the course of a 7 - month program . " The Afro - American Newspaper " , one of the most widely circulated black newspapers at that time , ran a feature story on Pasquet , Cassagnol , and Célestin in April 1943 , and the trio was noted for their aptitude with the English language . Additionally since Pasquet and his compatriots were from Haiti , they were unfamiliar with the pervasive racial segregation and racism in the American South at that time and were forced ride on Blacks - Only transportation or sit in the back of trains . As a result , they rarely ventured off - campus . Pasquet had a bad case of the flu and lost a month of his training , but ultimately graduated in August 1943 as a member of class 43G . Pasquet would later be honored at the White House for heroic services rendered to the U . S . A . during World War II , with his son , Alix Pasquet Jr . , accepting the award . Political revolutionary . After his distinguished service in World War II , Pasquet returned to Haiti . However , he was exiled in 1957 for supporting Louis Déjoie in the May 1957 Haitian Civil War . From exile in Miami , Pasquet led a political movement to restore stability in his native country and overthrow current ruler François Duvalier . In 1958 , he returned to Haiti with Henri Perpignan and Phillipe Dominique as well as five Americans — Arthur Payne , Dany Jones , Levant Kersten , Robert F . Hickey and Joe D . Walker — with the intention of overpowering the capital ' s army barracks and capturing the ammunition depot within . He gained entry through the barracks ' gate by convincing the sentry that he was an officer delivering prisoners , and then quickly seized control of the barracks . However the plot was foiled when an accomplice , Henri Perpignan , sent a prisoner to acquire Haitian - blend cigarettes , who then revealed crucial details to the incumbent government about Pasquet ' s position . Pasquet was killed during the attempted coup and buried in Port - au - Prince . Personal life . Pasquet married Denise Etheart and had three sons : Gilbert Pasquet , Alix Pasquet Jr . , and Bernard Pasquet . His brother , Fritz Pasquet , was a United States Secret Service agent .