Filter By Subjects
Armed Forces African Americans Military operations, Aerial American Military participation African American United States. Army Air Forces African American troops United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Medium), 477th History United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd History United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th History United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African AmericanFilter By Subjects
Armed Forces African Americans Military operations, Aerial American Military participation African American United States. Army Air Forces African American troops United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Medium), 477th History United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd History United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th History United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African AmericanDe Capua, Sarah
Summary: In a time when the U.S. military was segregated, the Tuskegee Airmen proved that blacks could fight as well and with as much courage as anyone. Learn about this group of exceptional pilots, whose outstanding flying and performances paved the way for the integration of the military.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 DE CSandler, Stanley
Summary: When the United States Army Air Corps, responding to pressure, opened its ranks to blacks in July 1941, it formed four fighter squadrons exclusively composed of black men. Known as the Tuskegee Airmen, these squadrons represented the total number of blacks who saw action in United States combat aviation in the Second World War. Compiling the operational and combat history of the Tuskegee...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution 1992