43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809246 Los Angeles CA, Long, Clyde C., Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T70545 Chicago IL, Hurt, Wesley, D. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843109 Philadelphia PA, Hutchins, Freddie E. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801171 Donaldsonville GA, Hutton, Oscar D. 43-]-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814830 Chicago IL, Hymes, William H. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841160 Lincoln Univ. Officer T68761 Nashville TN, Fletcher, Henry F. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814140 San Antonio TX, Ford, Harry E., Jr. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792784 Fresno CA, Lawson, Walter E. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0791783 Newton VA, Leahr, John H. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809245 Cincinnati OH, Lee, Frank 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835320 Los Angeles CA, Leftenant, Samuel G. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838032 Amityville NY, Leftwich, Ivey L. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814832 Fairfield AL, Leonard, Wilmore B. He also said the early military reports were not completely accurate. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075531 Jamaica NY, Cisco, Arnold W. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801164 Alton IL, Cisco, George E. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 01014831 Alton IL, Clark, Herbert V. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790455 Pine Bluff AR, Clayton, Melvin A. In 2000, 55 Chicago-area Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. Officer T70099 Kansas City KS, Gilliam, William L. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. The Tuskegee Airmen is the nickname of the first African American unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. Among the pilots in the the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces, there were a total of 932 pilots who graduated from the program. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported the Civilian Pilot Training Program and the War Training Service. Officer T63117 Los Angeles CA, Wright, James W., Jr. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835323 Pittsburgh PA, Wright, Kenneth M. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 01031458 Sheridan WY, Wright, Sandy W. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Tuskegee Airman and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy with children at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex in Sarasota, Florida, in 2013. PA, Iles, George J. Charles "Chief" Anderson put the wind beneath the wings of the Tuskegee Airmen. Officer T149987 Boston MA, Briggs, John F. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804546 St. Louis MO, Bright, Alexander M. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0805626 Chicago IL, Broadnax, Samuel L. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. Officer T63116 Augusta GA, Ramsey, Pierce T. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T70428 St. Louis MO, Harden, Argonne F. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841270 Philadelphia PA, Harder, Richard S. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821914 Brooklyn NY, Hardy, Bennett G. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 02080900 Kokomo IN, Hardy, Ferdinand A. Some 14,000 Tuskegee Airmen served in World War II, including hundreds of its now-legendary fighter pilots. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075559 New York NY, Saunders, Martin G. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843106 Jamaica NY, Saunders, Pearlee E. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798951 Bessemer AL, Sawyer, Harold E. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801175 Columbus OH, Scales, Norman W. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814205 Austin TX, Schell, Wyrain T. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Officer T69741 Los Angeles CA, Hunter, Charles H. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0367472 Washington DC, Hunter, Henry A. Officer T67147 New Orleans LA, Morgan, Dempsey W. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804558 Detroit MI, Morgan, John H. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792423 Cartersville GA, Morgan, William B. The daring pair also made a long-distance flight to Canada. AndersonsTuskegee Airmen arrived in Europe in the spring of 1943. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 01637362 Washington DC, Elsberry, Joseph D. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792420 Langston OK, Esters, Maurice V. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804550 Webster City IA, Ewing, James 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 Flt. Officer T64140 Wash, DC. Officer T67969 Detroit MI, Griffin, Frank 45-I-SE 1/29/1946 Flt. Officer T64272 Philadelphia PA, Armstrong, William P. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T70102 Norfolk VA, Knight, Frederick D., Jr. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843355 Columbus OH, Knight, William H. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811277 Atlantic City NJ, Eagleson, Wilson V. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801165 Bloomington IL, Echols, Julius P. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. Fleming Field Minnesota Wing CAF Air Show, North American P-51C Tuskegee Airmen Red Tail and T-34C Turbo Mentor. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814824 San Mateo CA, Williams, Raymond L. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Officer T64629 Denver CO, Rodgers, Marion R. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821920 Elizabeth NJ, Rogers, Amos A. "I had never even driven an automobile before I got to Tuskegee," Hardy said. Officer T67987 Brooklyn NY, Murdic, Robert J. Officer T64634 Stoughton MA, Flake, Thomas M. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821901 Chicago IL, Alexander, Halbert L. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839082 Georgetown IL, Alexander, Harvey R. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828041 Georgetown IL, Alexander, Robert R. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0805590 Harrisburg PA, Alexander, Walter G. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0842999 Orange NJ, Allen, Carl V. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102108 Bronx NY, Allen, Clarence W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798941 Mobile AL, Allen, Walter H. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. Woodhouse (LAW55) is one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Americas first all-Black combat flying unit, which flew during World War II. Unit members werent even allowed to be trained alongside white soldiers. Officer T64636 Cincinnati OH, Goldsby, Charles S. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. Officer T64640 New York NY, Reynolds, Clarence E.,Jr. Officer T70485 Springfield, Ill. Hudson, Elbert 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824834 Los Angeles CA, Hudson, Lincoln T. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835326 Chicago IL, Hudson, Perry E., Jr. 43:}-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814818 Atlanta GA, Hughes, Andrew James 46-B-TE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Hughes, Samuel R., Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T70108 Redlands CA, Thomas, William H. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814842 Los Angeles CA, Thompson, Donald N., Jr. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838162 Philadelphia PA, Thompson, Floyd A. Anderson in March 1941 unexpectedly found one of the most famous people in the world as a passenger. "The Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 15,000 sorties between May 1943 and June 1945," reports the National World War II Museum. Chief Flight Instructor Charles A. Anderson took Mrs. Roosevelt for a flight of the Tuskegee countryside, and she became an outspoken supporter of Tuskegees flying program. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830792 Council Bluffs IA, Oliver, Luther L. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841272 Montgomery AL, O'Neal, Walter N. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. Charles Alfred Anderson Sr. was born on Feb. 9, 1907 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Iverson and Janie Anderson. 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 Flt. Before the first African American military pilots became known as the "Red Tails" they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in the Army's PT-17 Officer T68703 Newark NJ, Goins, Nathaniel W. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 1st Lt. 0582758 St. Paul MN, Golden, Newman C. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. This Tuskegee Airman Broke Military Barriers and Survived a Plane Ejection. Soon the Army was calling on Tuskegee and Anderson to head its training program for Black military pilots. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. Officer T149986 Detroit MI, Barland, Herbert C. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01168159 Chicago IL, Barnes, Gentry E. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828045 Lawrenceville IL, Barnett, Herman A. The Tuskegee Airmen shot down three ME-262s in their raid over Berlin in March 1945, despite its superior speed and dexterity. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804557 Battle Creek MI, Miller, Willard B. Now nearly a century old, their ranks are dwindling rapidly. The U.S. Army Air Corps 332nd Fighter Group, more commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, flew P-51 Mustang fighter planes with distinct red tails to signify their unit. Raymond V. Haysbert. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. This is the CORRECT list provided to us by the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Officer T63114 Chicago IL, Jenkins, Edward M. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841267 Nudey NJ, Jenkins, Garfield L. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839087 Chicago IL, Jenkins, Joseph E. {4-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01320946 Ardmore PA, Jenkins, Silas M. 44-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838168 Lansing MI, Jenkins, Stephen S., Jr. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838031 Columbus OH, Johnson, Alvin]. The Tuskegee Airmen quickly proved that Black pilots were more than fit for combat. Yes, they were the first African American fighter pilots and crew in the US Army Air Corps, and no, they were not all from Tuskegee. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830782 Pascagoula MS, Bonseigneur, Paul J., Jr. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838036 Chicago IL, Bowman, James E. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809248 Jackson MS, McQuillan, Douglas 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. He soon traded the use of his plane for lessons from a local pilot named Russell Thaw. Officer T68756 Jamestown NY, Jones, William M. 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 02082604 Columbus OH, Jordan, Lowell H. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842590 Fort Huachuca AZ, Keel, Daniel 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. Officer T70447 Chicago IL, Harrison, James E. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843005 Texarkana TX, Harrison, John L., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817600 Omaha NE, Harrison, Lonnie 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. Moton Field, where hundreds of war pilots learned to fly under his tutelage, is now Tuskegee Moton Field Municipal Airport. On The Home Front Noel F. Parrish At segregated Tuskegee, Parrish offered inspired leadership for the training of black pilots and airmen. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843104 St. Louis MO, Dunlap, Alwayne M. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798946 Washington DC, Dunne, Charles A. Officer T66409 Wilson NJ, Farley, William H. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821903 Savannah GA, Faulkner, William J. Officer T69750 Seattle WA, Winston, Harry P. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841273 New York NY, Scott, Floyd R., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T64247 Gadsden AL, Mitchell, Paul G. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790461 Washington DC, Mitchell, Vincent I. Officer T61778 Huntington WV, Hillary, Harold A. Percy Heath. "They have advanced training here, and some of the students went up and did acrobatic flying for us. CHICAGO A Chicago area Tuskegee Airman whose contributions and success altered the course of history has died. Keith, Laurel E. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835319 Cassopolis MI . Officer T62811 Mt. Ellis, Everett M. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 0210201 Baltimore MD, Ellis, William B. CELEBRATED TUSKEGEE AIRMAN CHARLES MCGEE DIES AT 102. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 07 Bronx NY, Roach, Charles J. Officer T131953 Boston MA. Mr. Wilkerson, the last known surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen in the Chicago area, died Feb. 8 of natural causes. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830790 Quincy IL, Irving, Wellington 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817589 Belzoni MS, Jackson, Charles L. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 Flt. Officer T67985 Lovelady TX, Wright, Frank N. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835332 Elmsford NY, Wright, Hiram 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. "Anderson learned to fly through personal determination. Officer T62809 Portland OR, Bennett, Joseph B. The names listed below are the names of all the PILOT GRADUATES from the Tuskegee Flight School. Officer T67157 Atlantic City NJ, Washington, Samuel L. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Officer T68712 New Orleans LA, White, Hugh 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835331 St. Louis MO, White, Joseph C. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T67973 St. Louis MO, Shults, Lloyd R. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828044 N. Plainfield NJ, Sidat-Singh, Wilmeth W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798952 Washington DC, Simeon, Albert B., Jr. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Officer T67983 New London OH, Williams, Yancey 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 1st Lt. 0423693 Tulsa OK, Williamson, Willie A. Charles "Chief" Anderson was the first licensed Black commercial pilot in America in 1932. Legal Statement. The heroic U.S Army Air Forces pilots battled for equality at home before they battled Nazis in the skies over Europe. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 Flt. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841157 York PA, Carter, William G. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102109 Pittsburgh PA, Casey, Clifton G. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. The Tuskegee Airmen First Group of African-American Fighter Pilots in WW2 By Stephen Sherman, Feb. 2000. The Tuskegee Airmen epitomize courage and heroism. Officer T66150 Detroit MI, Neblett, Nicholas S. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02082632 Cincinnati OH, Nelson, Dempsey Jr. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 Flt. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 Flt. "Bomber crews often requested to be escorted by these Red Tails. Officer T62813 Los Angeles CA, Williams, William F. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807114 Cleveland OH, Williams, William L.,Jr. In March 1941, Anderson took First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a 30-minute flight in a biplane. Officer T136668 Orange VA, Marshall, Andrew D. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824835 Wadesboro NC, Martin, August 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843238 Bronx, NY _______________, Martin, Maceo C. 46-B-SE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Martin, Robert L. 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819462 Dubuque IA, Masciana, Andrea P. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819454 Washington DC, Mason, James W. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809247 Monroe LA, Mason, Ralph W. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843239 Detroit MI, Mason, Theodore O. THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS: AUTHOR RICHARD HUROWITZ REMEMBERS UNSUNG HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST. He was later hired to be the lead flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in World War II. Officer T69745 Little Silver NJ, Peoples, Francis B. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838167 Cadiz OH, Mason, Vincent 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814820 Orange NJ, Matthews, Charles R. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02090286 Philadelphia PA, Matthews, George B. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811240 Indianapolis IN, Daniels, John 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 01106669 Chicago IL, Daniels, Robert H., Jr. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817582 Corona NY, Daniels, Thomas J., III 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 Flt. In 1929, Anderson had earned his pilots license, and went on to become the first African American to earn a commercial pilots certification in 1932. (Tuskegee University Archives). 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819447 Montclair NJ, Byrd, Willie L., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817597 Fayetteville NC, Cabiness, Marshall S. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792780 Gastonia NC, Cabule, Ernest M., Jr. 45-A-5E 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841256 Detroit MI, Caesar, Richard C. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792418 Lake Village AR, Cain, William L. 44-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. [1] Webpilots in the Tuskegee Airmen story. Officer T66403 Pittsburgh PA, Gleed, Edward C. 42-K-SE 12/13/1942 2nd Lt. 0794598 Lawrence KS, Glenn, Joshua 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Officer T66407 New York NY, Maxwell, Robert L. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843247 Bronx NY, May, Cornelius F. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814198 Indianapolis IN, McCarroll, Rixie H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824837 Gary IN, McClelland, Harvey L. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. Officer T64626 Junction City KS, Norton, George G., Jr. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 Flt. He retired in 1972 after a 30-year military career. Officer T68704 New York NY, Henson, James W. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842583 Baltimore MD, Herrington, Aaron 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830788 Raleigh NC, Herron, Walter 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 1st Lt. 01311585 Memphis TN, Hervey, Henry P., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817601 Chicago IL, Heywood, Herbert H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824833 St. Croix VI, Hicks, Arthur N. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842882 Dayton OH, Hicks, Frederick P. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01030252 San Francisco CA, Higginbotham, Mitchell 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841164 Sewickley PA, Highbaugh, Earl B. Like many American boys of his era, he was thrilled by the emergence of flight and by the new image of daredevil pilots spiraling through the skies across America in the first decades of the 20th century. She's pictured here in a Piper J-3 Cub trainer with Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson, a pioneer Black aviator and instructor at Tuskegee Institute. Officer T64639 Brooklyn NY, Merriweather, Robert O. Officer T66143 St. Louis MO, Lane, Earl R. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828052 Wickliffe OH, Langston, Carroll N., Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814197 Chicago IL, Lanham, Jimmy 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830791 Philadelphia PA, Lankford, Joshua 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 02069227 San Antonio TX, Lawrence, Erwin B. Officer T64638 Chicago IL, Lyle, Payton H. 44-C-TE 3/12/1944 1st Lt. 01577497 Chicago IL, Lynch, George A. Officer T64373 Valley Stream NY, Lynch, Lewis 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835328 Columbus OH, Lynn, Samuel 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817603 Jamaica NY, Macon, Richard D. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821916 Birmingham AL, Manley, Edward E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T62814 Mars PA, Woods, Carrol S. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811294 Valdosta GA, Woods, Isaac R. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. TopHBCUs. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830798 Brooklyn NY, Wilson, Charles E. 44-C-TE 3/12/1944 Flt. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790460 Cleveland OH, Lawrence, Robert W. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 01640660 Bloomfield NJ, Lawson, Herman A. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported the Civilian Pilot Training Program and the War Training Service. I had the fun of going up in one of the tiny training planes with the head instructor, and seeing this interesting countryside from the air.". "Much of their navigation on the journey was done by reading a simple roadmap. Officer T69977 Youngstown OH, Parker, Melvin 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T70559 Bronx NY, Nelson, Lincoln W. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839090 San Diego CA, Nelson, Neal V. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814200 Chicago IL, Nelson, Robert H. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809250 Pittsburgh PA, Newman, Christopher W. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814201 St. Louis MO, Newsum, Fltzroy 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 1st Lt. 0409854 Brooklyn NY, Nicolas, Pelissier C. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 Port au Prince Haiti, Nightingale, Elton H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824849 Tuskegee Inst. Fleming Field Minnesota Wing CAF Air Show, North American P-51C Tuskegee Airmen Red Tail and T-34C Turbo Mentor. NOTE: For historical photographs or information regarding the Tuskegee Airmen, contact: Maxwell Air Force Base by e-mail at afhranews@maxwell.af.mil or write the Air Force Historical Research Agency, 600 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 36112-6424. Officer T146021 Norfolk VA, Carter, Herbert E. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790454 Amory MS, Carter, James Y 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801163 Winston-Salem NC, Carter, Lloyd A.N. Officer T66406 Whiteville NC, Murray, Louis U. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 01169183 Chicago IL, Johnson, Andrew Jr. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839088 Greensboro NC, Johnson, Carl E. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814194 Charlottesville VA, Johnson, Charles B. 020146 Tuskegee AL, Davis, Claude C. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 1st Lt. 0441115 Pittsburgh PA, Davis, Clifford W. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. so have many of the Officer T69738 Birmingham AL, Cassagnol, Raymond 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 Unknown Haiti, Chambers, Charles W. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02102097 Camden NJ, Chandler, Robert C. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821908 Allegan MI, Charlton, Terry J. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790453 Tuskegee AL, Carey, Carl E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838025 St. Louis MO, Carpenter, Russell W. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839085 Plainfield NJ, Carroll, Alfred Q., Jr. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814827 Washington DC, Carroll, Lawrence W. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843353 Chicago IL, Carter, Clarence J. Officer T136674 Boston MA, Mosley, John W. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835404 Denver CO, Moss, Richard M. 46-B-SE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Mozee, David M., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0790936 Philadelphia PA, Harris, Edward 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Tuskegee Airmen instructor Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson was honored with a stamp by the U.S. He was 89 years old. Photo by Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Officer T64278 Cleveland OH, Washington, William M. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839092 Chicago IL, Watkins, Edward W. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. He retired in 1972 after a 30-year military career. Officer T68512 Denver CO, Bilbo, Reuben B. The pilot, a Lt. Weathers, dropped his wing tanks, and turned into the German formation. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. Webpilots in the Tuskegee Airmen story. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Officer T62808 Danville IL, Wilson, Theodore A. The dramatic silver screen tale brought the exploits of the Red Tail warriors to a new generation of grateful Americans. The Tuskegee Airmen have a Officer T68753 Oroville CA, Broadwater, William E. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T70100 Sewickley PA, Jones, Beecher A. Tuskegee Airmen Photo Gallery Photos provided by the Charles Anderson "did a great job of running things," Hardy, who is now 97 years old, told Fox News Digital. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 1st Lt. 01581149 Bakersfield CA, Gordon, Elmer 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798947 Portsmouth VA, Gordon, Joseph E. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821912 Brooklyn NY, Gordon, William M. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798948 Mobile AL, Gorham, Alfred M. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821913 Waukesha WI, Gould, Cornelius Po, Jr. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 Flt. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814191 Birmingham AL, Goodwin, Luther A. 45-H-SE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843349 Ardmore OK, Ramsey, James C. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. Kelley, Thomas A. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807101 Denver CO, Lewis, William R. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817591 Boston MA, Lieteau, Albert J. Officer T64643 Chattanooga TN, White, Marvin C. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817602 New York NY, Hockaday, Wendell W. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830781 Norfolk VA, Hodges, Jerry T., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843246 Heth AR, Holbert, Bertrand J. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 Flt. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. Officer T69981 Baltimore MD, White, Haydel44-K-TE 2/1/1945 Flt. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811282 Grand Rapids MI, Jefferson, Samuel 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811283 Galveston TX, Jefferson, Thomas W. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. On March 19, 1941, the U.S. War Department established the 99th Pursuit Squadron, which, along with a few other squadrons formed later, became better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Officer T66142 Pittsburgh PA, Johnson, Rupert C. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835327 Los Angeles CA, Johnson, Theopolis W. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842589 Carbon Hill AL, Johnson, Wilbert H. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807098 Los Angeles CA, Johnston, William A., Jr. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 Flt. (PhotoQuest/Getty Images). He was tapped by the Army to teach Black pilots to fly at Tuskegee Institute in World War II. The Mustang pilot spotted the string of Bf-109's heading toward the crippled B-24. The group was successful. "His reputation was that he expected a lot out of us," World War II veteran and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy, 97, told Fox News Digital. Officer T70110 Washington DC, York, Oscar H. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0469633 Los Angeles CA, Young, Albert L. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824847 Memphis TN, Young, Benjamin Jr. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842887 Philadelphia PA, Young, Eddie Lee 46-B-SE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Young, Lee W. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790462 Muskogee OK, McIntyre, Clinton E. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075549 Bronx NY, McIntyre, Herbert A. Individuals who have documented proof that they participated in the Tuskegee Airmen experience are also called "Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA).". 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841257 Columbus GA, Collins, Gamaliel M. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. Officer T67143 Louisville KY, Campbell, Herman R., Jr. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814041 New York NY, Campbell, Lindsay L. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T68752 Tuskegee Inst. Anderson earned a commercial pilot license in 1932.
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