The Tuskegee airmen

who were they

• A group of African American pilots during wwII
• They were the first black pilots to fly in the war
• they formed the 332nd fighter group
• The were called red tails because they painted the tails on there planes re
• They were considered the red tail angels.

what they did in the war

• They sometimes escorted bomber planes
• They fought in the 332nd fighter group
• They fought in a all black fighter group
• They were served the 99th fighter squadrin
• They flew P-47s and P-51s

how they came to be

• Before the tuskegee airmen no black was able to fly in the airforce 
• In 1939 a law was passed to give training to african americans
• They were seperated into all black squadrins
• The pilots got there name from the place they trained at 
• They trained at the tuskegee airfield 

More facts about the tuskegee airmen

• The Tuskegee airmen might have never got off the ground without president  
• Benjamin o davis was the commander of the tuskegee airmen
• he lead them on there longest escort of WWII 
• He flew them into the heart of germany
• There group was formed in 1944

More facts

• One of the airmen stayed in the air force after the war
• Three tuskegee airmen went on to be generals
• Before the war  Mrs roosevelt went to the tuskegee airfield
• Daniel james a tuskegee airmen followed benjamin o davis footsteps 
• Benjamin o davis , daniel james , Lucius Theus

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