| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Alfred M. Gorham | |
| Birth Date: | 1920 |
| Death Date: | 2009 |
| Birth Place: | Waukesha, Wisconsin |
| Placeofburial: | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance: | United States of America |
| Branch: | United States Army Air Forces |
| Serviceyears: | 1942-1946 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
| Commands: | 301st Fighter Squadron |
2nd Lt. Alfred M. Gorham (1920–2009) was a Tuskegee Airman from Waukesha, Wisconsin. He was the only Tuskegee Airman from Wisconsin, and he was a prisoner of war after his plane went down over Munich, Germany in World War II.[1]
After joining the Army Air Force in 1942[2] Gorham became a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen. He graduated from the Tuskegee University February 8, 1944.[3]
He saw action over Budapest Hungary and shot down two German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Fighters on August 3, 1944.[4]
In 1945 his P-51 had engine trouble over Munich, Germany and he bailed out. He was captured and held by the Germans until the end of the war.[5]
After graduating from Waukesha High School in 1938 Gorham was accepted to Carroll College. However he took a job as a precision tool grinder. He later enlisted in the army and eventually he was accepted to the Tuskegee Airmen.[8]