The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

They Accepted the Challenge

Two hundred strategic bomber escort missions over Europe with the 15th Air Force without the loss of a single bomber to enemy aircraft, 1944-45, a record unsurpassed.

Dedicated in their memory, 10 November 1995.

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Tuskegee Airmen

The “Tuskegee Experience,” a program of the Army Air Corps to train African Americans as military pilots, began at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama in 1941. At home and abroad during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen prevailed against ...

Training the Tuskegee Airmen

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Graduates of the Tuskegee Army Flying School, who belonged to the first African-American units in the U.S. Army Air Corps, took further combat flight training at Walterboro Army Air Field from May 1944 to October 1945. Many of ...

Tuskegee Airmen

"....the privileges of being an American" belong to those brave enough to fight for them."

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

In our tradition of honoring American aviators who have flown into the pages of history, the City of Lancaster dedicates ...

The Tuskegee Airmen

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In April of 1944, Walterboro Army Airfield stopped training fighter groups and switched to advanced individual air combat training. Over 500 black airmen from the training program at Tuskegee trained at the airfield between 1944 and October 1945.

Class ...

Tuskegee Airmen

"....the privileges of being an American" belong to those brave enough to fight for them."

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

In our tradition of honoring American aviators who have flown into the pages of history, the City of Lancaster dedicates ...

The Tuskegee Airmen's Plaza

This plaza is dedicated to the memory of the Tuskegee Airmen, including General Daniel "Chappie" James, whose training at Tuskegee University and the Tuskegee Army Air Field enabled them to prove for all time the competence and bravery of Black ...