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Primary training at Tuskegee was at Moton Field, just three nautical miles north of town. This was accomplished in an airplane built by Boeing Stearman. The early models were the […]
James Harvey attempted to enlist with the United States Army Air Corps in January 1943; however, he was turned down because of his race. Drafted into the U.S. Army in […]
Albert Manning graduated from Tuskegee Army Airfield on May 28th, 1943 in Class 43-E-SE. He was now a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces and trained to be […]
While flying with the 302nd Fighter Squadron as a fighter pilot, Lee Archer was given the nickname “Buddy”. Archer flew 169 combat missions in the European Theatre of World War […]
Tuskegee Airman Claude Davis was a cadet in Class 44-GTE. Class 44-GTE translates into the seventh class of 1944 for twin-engine pilot training. Claude and the rest of the class […]
Herman Lawson was from the Fresno area of California. He attended Marysville High School where he picked up the nickname “Ace” as the schools star football player. After having a […]
In the flight training process, new cadets learned how to fly a small airplane, like a Piper Cub. After the Cub, they had dual instruction in an aircraft like the […]
While the pilots tended to get the glory, the often overlooked finely tuned fighter squadron are the people who make everything work. The ground crew are people who might […]
Airman George “Spanky” Roberts had already received his pilot’s license in the Civilian Pilot Training Program when he entered flight training in the first class at Tuskegee, Alabama. It was […]
Andrew Turner enlisted into the US Army on October 8, 1942 as a member of class 42-I-SE at Tuskegee, Alabama. He received his wings and was inducted into the US […]
Tuskegee’s first five cadets to receive their wings and become official US Army Air Force pilots were in Class 42C-SE. This group of black pilots completed their pilot training on […]
Robert Deiz was born on June 17, 1919, in Portland, Oregon. Prior to World War II, in the late 1930s, Diez enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training Program at […]