TUSKEGEE

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• They were The First African American fliers.
• They Trained in Tuskegee, Alabama.

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• The most famous of the Tuskegee Airman were the 332 fighter group a.k.a the Redtails
• 99th fighter squadron of the Tuskegee Airman flew more than 15,000 missions and lost 66 men

They played a vital role in the double war. The win over the Axis Powers and racism at home.
By 1941, fewer than 4,000 African Americans were serving. By 1945 more than 1.2 million were serving.

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• Won 850 medals.
• 150 distinguished flying crosses.
• 8 Purple Hearts.
• 14 bronze stars.
• 3 distinguished unit citations.

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• Lt. Walter Palmer made 158 missions.
• Lee Archer downed the most planes(4.5).
• 33 became prisoners of war.
• Lost zero bombers to enamy fighters.
• Destroyed 251 enamy aircrafts.

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• Alfonzo W. Davis.
• Paul Adams.
• Charles A. Lane Jr.
• Hurrison Full.
• Had ties to Nebraska.

Their fight song was
Fight!Fight!Fight!Fight!
Fight!Fight!
The fighting Ninty-Ninth
We are the heroes of the night
To hell with the Axis might
Rat tat! Rat tat tat!
Round in planes we go
When we fly Ninety-Ninth this is how we go!

THESE ARE SOME OF THE REMAINING TUSKEGEE AIRMAN.