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The group forms part of the lineage of the World War II 332d Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen. This title refers to all who trained in the Army Air Forces African-American pilot training program at Moton Field and Tuskegee Army Air Field , Alabama, between 1941 and 1945.
Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.
Walter P. Manning (May 3, 1920 – April 3, 1945) was an American fighter pilot of the primarily African American Tuskegee Airmen.He flew 50 missions, and was awarded the Air Medal for heroism six times.
More than 8 million people of color served with the Allies, and the series digs deep to focus on how some fared at D-Day, Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war his films were shown to a wide variety of audiences including those in the British parliament and the White House. Today his films are considered among the best colour images of the Second World War. In 2016 the Smithsonian television channel aired a special about Courtenay's travels and films called Fall of Japan: In Color. [3]
A World War II airman who died in 1943 after his aircraft went down over Romania was recently honored at an American cemetery abroad, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The Rüsselsheim massacre was a war crime that involved the lynching and killing of six American airmen by townspeople of Rüsselsheim during World War II.. The incident happened on August 26, 1944, two days after a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Forces was shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire over Hanover.
The short film "Tuskegee Airman Tribute (1990)" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film "African Americans in World War II: Legacy of Patriotism and Valor (1997)" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. Tuskegee Airmen collected news and commentary at The New York Times