Tuskegee Airmen - 70 Years Ago

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Uploaded by on Mar 27, 2011

On July 19, 1941, the U.S. Army Air Corps began training black pilots. The 926 members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen (comprised initially of the 99th Pursuit Squadron and later the 332nd Fighter Group) were trained for combat in World War II at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Known for their red-tailed P-51 Mustang fighters, the Tuskegee Airmen never lost an escorted plane to the enemy during the course of World War II, during which they carried out hundreds of escort missions.

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    Thank you for up loading this video. The African American G.I. 's were not just fighting in Europe and Asia but they were also fighting racism at home. God bless them and the United States of America.

  • Awesome upload. At a time when black Americans didn't even have the same rights as white Americans, they still loved their country enough to fight for it in the air and prove they could. They had to be given their own squadron to do it since the "regular" squadron divisions didn't think blacks were capable enough. Bomber crews who originally feared being escorted by them soon requested the Red Tails.

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  • This is the best World War 2 Fighter SQ. ever .

  • Thumps up if u watched red tails

  • The truth in the matter is that if it was not for Bessie Coleman we would not probably have the Tuskegee Airmen...

  • i wish i could meet him

  • The Tuskegee Airmen are absolutely magnificent heroes that all of America and even the world can learn from.We all marvel at their amazing heroism and jaw dropping achievements. GIT IT,BRUTHAS!!

  • NEGRO PILOTS! They where indeed a " an experimental" unit ! But they made a huge import , not a bomber lost during bomber protection runs!! Cudos!!

  • This is both amusing and facepalming at the same time.

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