*IN MEMORIAM*

Mitch Higginbotham passed away February 14, 2016 at the age of 94. Read this thorough account of his legacy from the Dana Point Times.

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90-year-old Mitch Higginbotham of Dana Point, CA appears on episode #196 of Hometown Heroes, debuting January 28, 2012. A native of Sewickley, PA, Higginbotham revisits his experiences as one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.

Mitch Higginbotham (left) and his brother Robert after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal with other Tuskegee Airmen in 2007.

Mitch Higginbotham as a Tuskegee Airman.