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The Tuskegee Airmen / t ʌ s ˈ k iː ɡ iː / [1] was a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II.They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
James Henry Harvey III (born July 13, 1923) is a retired United States Army Air Corps/United States Air Force (USAF) officer and former African American fighter pilot who served with 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails", or among enemy German pilots, Schwartze Vogelmenschen ("Black birdmen"). [1]
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Soviet World War II pilots (3 C, 137 P) T. Tongan World War II pilots (1 P) W. World War II flying aces (25 C, 3 P) Pages in category "World War II pilots"
Paul Adams (August 10, 1920 – June 30, 2013) was a World War II pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the first black teachers in the Lincoln Nebraska public school system. Adams also served as the president of the Lincoln Chapter of the NAACP. [2] In 2008 the city of Lincoln Nebraska built a new elementary school and named it after ...
New Zealand World War II bomber pilots (19 P) P. Polish World War II bomber pilots (3 P) S. Soviet World War II bomber pilots (1 C, 20 P)
United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II (2 C, 723 P) United States Marine Corps pilots of World War II (1 C, 96 P) United States Navy pilots of World War II (1 C, 194 P)
Pages in category "United States Navy pilots of World War II" The following 196 pages are in this category, out of 196 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.