The Tuskegee airmen

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The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South," became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They had to battle on 2 fronts: the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home. The story of an experiment "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat". These pilots, trained in the deep South, became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.

subjects: World War, 1939-1945,  American Aerial operations,  African American Participation,  Race relations,  African American fighter pilots,  History,  Tuskegee Airmen,  United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd,  United States,  United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th,  African American air pilots