Red Tail Reborn

Amidst the racial naysayers during WWII, the first African-American fighter pilots were commissioned in 1941 to help defend the distressed bombers in the European theater. Under the watch of these pilots, few to no bombers were lost to enemy fighters. These forgotten pilots are known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

The ambition to make these heroes a household name is the primary objective of The Red Tail Project, a group of men and women who honored the Airmen by touring air shows with a restored P-51C Mustang, the infamous roaring fighter plane these men flew in combat. Like the men they tribute, the Red Tail Project encountered adversity when their flying homage to the Airmen, the Mustang, crashed in 2004, killing pilot Don Hinz, who was also the project leader.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Tuskegee
• Airmen
• WWII
• warbirds
• mustang
• black
• pilot
• racial
• racism
• restorer
• P-51
• PBS
• Red
• Tail
• Reborn

[tuskegee332airman]

thats so sad, a man gave his life to tell a story. a story that needs to be told.

thank you Don.

[tembo01]

The Mustang, what a beauty. As for the Tuskegee airmen, I can't imagine what kind of courage and resilience was required when having to face both your enemies in the air and bitter prejudice from your own countrymen.

[BLS1313666]

Love it!!!! Met Two of the original Tuskegee Airmen ( One of the original group was from my hometown, Carbondale, Illinois.) All I could say was, Thank You! Was a very moving moment.

[imperthean]

Fantastic. Something worth documenting. :)

[Aviation41]

Thanks to the Tuskegee Airmen, I have my private ticket and working towards my insturments and more...

[jabbadu431]

The Tuskegee Airmen and their legacy and it's contribution to history is part of what makes me proud to be an American. Thank God we had so many outstanding men in one place at the same time during WW2.

[diejondie]

and they said black people were inferior... this is probably the biggest slap to the faces of people who believed it was a waste of time to have minorities fight for their country.

[nsl11a]

Nice! thanks!