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List of Tuskegee Airmen contains the names of notable Tuskegee Airmen, who were a group of primarily African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. [2] They were ...
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).
This category lists individuals who were members of the Tuskegee Airmen (1940–1948) and Wikipedia articles related to the Tuskegee Airmen.
The Tuskegee Airmen — made of the 332nd Fighter Group, the 477th Bombardment Group and up to 16,000 of the individuals who supported the pilots' training — were the first Black pilots and ...
The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. This list compiles all documented cadet pilot graduates who trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, Moton Field, and other locations prior to the U.S. Air Force's deactivation of all-African American Air units.
Although the Tuskegee Airmen achieved a legacy of bravery and excellence in combat, U.S. military leaders were reluctant to give Black service members a chance to do more than menial tasks.
From 1941 to 1946, close to 1,000 African American pilots were trained as Tuskegee airmen, back in the days before Jan. 26, 1948, when Pres. Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating ...
John R. Countryman – American child actor known by the stage name "Johnny Russell" who served as an Air Force pilot and later as a career officer for the United States Foreign Service (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) Alexander Courage – Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning film composer; Clyde Cowan – Physicist and discoverer of the neutrino