Tuskegee Airmen
Brandon Brooks , Glen este, grade 10,
Special thanks to Mr. Edwards
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
They ran more than 200 bomber
escort missions during World War II.
The Tuskegee airmen were the only black
pilots during WW2, actually the first black
pilots in American history.
“THIS WAS AND STILL REMAINS
TO BE AN AMAZING GROUP OF MEN.
THIS WAS DURING A TIME IN HISTORY
WHERE THE NEGATIVE FORCES
AGAINST SUCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS
WERE FEIRCE AND STEADY BUT
THESE FORCES DID NOT PREVENT
THESE MEN FROM BECOMING THE
WORLD CLASS HEROES THAT THEY
ARE. THIS WAS AN INDICATION THAT
ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE A DIFFICULT
JOURNEY WE AS A PEOPLE WOULD
NOT ONLY SURVIVE BUT BECOME
GREAT THINGS LIKE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”
By the end of the war, 992 men had
graduated from Negro Air Corps pilot
training at Tuskegee; 450 were sent
overseas for combat assignment. During
the same period, about 150 lost their lives
while in training or on combat flights.
These black Airmen manage to destroy or
damage over 409 German airplanes, 950
ground units, and sank a battleship
destroyer.
Empirical
Research Project
I used survey monkey.
Raw data: 73% don’t
know who they are,
and 26% do.
50% say that they
were important and
50% don’t.
Facts:32 Tuskegee pilots
shot down who became prisoners
of war
15,553 combat sorties
flown (including 6000+ for the
99th prior to July '44)
1,578 total missions flown 111
German airplanes destroyed in
the air
Aircraft flown: P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51
66 Tuskegee pilots killed in combat .
The Tuskegee Airmen were grouped
into 4 flying squadrons; the 99th,
100th, 301st & 302nd. These four
squadrons were combined to form
the 332nd Fighter
Conclusion:
the tuskegee
airmen are an
amazing group of
men that need
more respect from
their country.
Group.
"The P-38s always stayed too far
out. Some of the Mustang group
stayed in too close ... Other groups,
we got the feeling that they just
wanted to go and shoot down 109s ...
The Red Tails were always out there
where we wanted them to be ... We
had no idea they were Black; it was
the Army's best kept secret.” -B-24
pilot
There were 996 original Airmen.
These included pilots, bombardiers,
and navigators.