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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]
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"
Flight Officer John Lyle (1920 – 2019) was an American World War II pilot and a member of the famed group of World War II-era African-Americans known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Dickson flew 26 combat missions during WWII. [1] He had a lifelong love of sailing and over the course of his life he owned seven different boats.
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 ...
Pages in category "United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 724 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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)