45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. Phone: 334-727-8011. Hardy later piloted giant B-29 bombers during the Korean War and C-119 gunships in Vietnam. It was taken from the appendix of the book Black Knights - The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen, by Lynn M. Holman and Thomas Reilly. All rights reserved. He did a great job of running things.". It also helped forge a national reputation for the Tuskegee Airmen a reputation that would soon be steeled under fire in the skies over Europe. This Tuskegee Airman Broke Military Barriers and Survived a Plane Ejection. Officer T67976 Detroit MI, Wilson, Bertram W.,Jr. Officer T70424 Omaha NE, Watkins, Edward Wilson 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814209 Freeman WV, Watson, Dudley M. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804563 Frankfort KY, Watson, Spann 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790467 Hackensack NJ, Watts, Samuel W., Jr. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830796 New York NY, Weatherford, Fuchard 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. Lt. Col. Hardy recently returned from Hollywood, where he was recorded in digital detail for a pending exhibit at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The Tuskegee Airmen epitomize courage and heroism. The U.S. Army Air Corps 332nd Fighter Group, more commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, flew P-51 Mustang fighter planes with distinct red tails to signify their unit. Officer T69746 Los Angeles CA, Powell, William S., Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Chief Flight Instructor Charles A. Anderson took Mrs. Roosevelt for a flight of the Tuskegee countryside, and she became an outspoken supporter of Tuskegees flying program. Tuskegee Airman and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy with children at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex in Sarasota, Florida, in 2013. 46-B-TE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Burns, Isham A., Jr. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840202 Los Angeles CA, Bussey, Charles M. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804548 Los Angeles CA, Butler, Jewel B. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819447 Montclair NJ, Byrd, Willie L., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817597 Fayetteville NC, Cabiness, Marshall S. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792780 Gastonia NC, Cabule, Ernest M., Jr. 45-A-5E 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841256 Detroit MI, Caesar, Richard C. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792418 Lake Village AR, Cain, William L. 44-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. Officer T66404 London OH, Calhoun, James A. Officer T64269 Chicago IL, Jamerson, Charles F. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798949 Pasadena CA, James, Daniel Jr. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809244 Pensacola FL, James, Voris S. 44-]-TE 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0839099 San Antonio TX, Jamison, Clarence C. 42-D-SE 4/29/1942 2nd Lt. 0789120 Cleveland OH, Jamison, Donald S. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792784 Fresno CA, Lawson, Walter E. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0791783 Newton VA, Leahr, John H. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809245 Cincinnati OH, Lee, Frank 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835320 Los Angeles CA, Leftenant, Samuel G. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838032 Amityville NY, Leftwich, Ivey L. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814832 Fairfield AL, Leonard, Wilmore B. so have many of the Ellis, Everett M. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 0210201 Baltimore MD, Ellis, William B. Officer T70103 Atlanta GA, Prewitt, Mexion O. Officer T69752 Los Angeles CA, Crockett, Woodrow W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798943 Little Rock AR, Cross, William Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 Flt. ", "The U.S. military was fully integrated 1948, just three years after his Tuskegee Airmen flew their final combat mission.". Tuskegee Airman Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, who was among the first Black men to fly a B-52 bomber, was honored for his service during in 2017 during a Black Officer T70426 Berkeley CA, Wyatt, Beryl 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809261 Independence KS, Wynn, Nasby Jr. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Officer T68752 Tuskegee Inst. He soon traded the use of his plane for lessons from a local pilot named Russell Thaw. 42-E-SE 5/20/1942 2nd Lt. 0789449 Tulsa OK, Knox, George L. 42-E-SE 5/20/1942 2nd Lt. 0789535 Indianapolis IN, Kydd, George H. III 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828043 Charleston WV, Lacy, Hezekiah 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 00 River Rouge MI, Laird, Edward 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814831 Brighton AL, Lanauze, Harry E. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02084156 Washington DC, Lancaster, Theodore W. 44-I-l-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838155 Rochester NY, Lane, Allen G. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790458 Demopolis AL, Lane, Charles A., Jr. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T64633 Birmingham AL, Elfalan, Jose R. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843354 Prospect KY, Ellington, Spurgeon N. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804549 Winston-Salem NC. "The Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 15,000 sorties between May 1943 and June 1945," reports the National World War II Museum. U.S. Air Force. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821923 Los Angeles CA, Williams, LeRoi S. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809260 Roanoke VA, Williams, Leslie A. Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr. told generations of kids about being one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first Black aviation combat unit. Percy Heath. Hardy is one of three known surviving Tuskegee Airmen who flew fighter planes in World War II. Clarence Lucky Lester had a storied career that included shooting down three Mitchell Higginbotham. Officer T70551 South Bend IN, Lewis, Joe A. Some 14,000 Tuskegee Airmen served in World War II, including hundreds of its now-legendary fighter pilots. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Tuskegee Airmen Clip | 6m 53s Loaded 0% / On March 7, 1942, the first class of cadets graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field to become the nation's first The Tuskegee Airmen shot down three ME-262s in their raid over Berlin in March 1945, despite its superior speed and dexterity. Officer T64626 Junction City KS, Norton, George G., Jr. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T70233 Detroit MI, Foreman, Samuel 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. Officer T70431 Brooklyn NY, Roach, John B. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838034 Los Angeles CA, Miller, Oliver O. "The Anderson-Forsythe long-distance flights attracted worldwide attention and greatly popularized aviation in the African American community," the African American Registry reports on its website. Officer T64635 Freeport NY, Gaiter, Roger Bertram 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821910 Seaside Hgts. The Red Tails actually shot down 112 German aircraft, he said, and the information about the German Navy ship being destroyed is not accurate. More information on the Tuskegee Airmen can be found at the website of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. www.tuskegeeairmen.org. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED SLICED BREAD: OTTO ROHWEDDER, HARD-LUCK HAWKEYE. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790462 Muskogee OK, McIntyre, Clinton E. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075549 Bronx NY, McIntyre, Herbert A. He put the wind beneath the wings of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, only after fighting for the right to fly on his own a decade earlier. Officer T70240 Boston MA, Robbins, Emory L.,Jr. They were faster and more maneuverable than anything in the Army Air Corps. Officer T70423 Asbury Park NJ, Scott, Henry B. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817602 New York NY, Hockaday, Wendell W. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830781 Norfolk VA, Hodges, Jerry T., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843246 Heth AR, Holbert, Bertrand J. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807101 Denver CO, Lewis, William R. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817591 Boston MA, Lieteau, Albert J. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821901 Chicago IL, Alexander, Halbert L. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839082 Georgetown IL, Alexander, Harvey R. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828041 Georgetown IL, Alexander, Robert R. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0805590 Harrisburg PA, Alexander, Walter G. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0842999 Orange NJ, Allen, Carl V. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102108 Bronx NY, Allen, Clarence W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798941 Mobile AL, Allen, Walter H. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. will fityour personality. Officer T70554 Philadelphia PA, Ballard, Alton F. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811173 Pasadena CA NI, Barksdale, James M. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811292 London WV, Thompson, Francis R. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841275 Brooklyn NY, Thompson, James A. Officer T61895 Los Angeles CA, Driver, Elwood T. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792781 Trenton NJ, Drummond, Charles H. 44-1-1-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01289402 Roxbury MA, Drummond, Edward P. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102112 Philadelphia PA, Dryden, Charles W. 42-D-SE 4/29/1942 2nd Lt. 0789119 Bronx NY, Dudley, Richard G. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842582 Norristown PA, Duke, Charles H. 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819455 Portland OR, Duncan, Roger B. The U.S. military was fully integrated 1948, just three years after his Tuskegee Airmen flew their final combat mission. Officer T64630 Washington DC, Sheppard, Harry A. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835321 Atlanta GA, Turner, Leon L. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0406744 Washington DC, Turner, Leonard F. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807110 Washington DC, Turner, Ralph L. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 Flt. The names listed below are the names of all the PILOT GRADUATES from the Tuskegee Flight School. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! "They have advanced training here, and some of the students went up and did acrobatic flying for us. Officer T68757 Detroit MI, Moody, Frank H. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821917 Los Angeles CA, Moody, Paul L. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828039 Cambridge MA, Moody, Roland W. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828054 Cambridge MA, Moore, Abe B. Officer T70101 Pasadena CA, Kelly, Earl 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843237 Los Angeles CA, Kennedy, Elmore M. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 1st Lt. 0387720 Philadelphia PA, Kennedy, James V., Jr. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841271 Chicago IL, Kenney, Oscar A. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Officer T67986 Cleveland OH, Cox, Hannibal M., Jr. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828048 Chicago IL, Craig, Charles E. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Officer T68753 Oroville CA, Broadwater, William E. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. Officer T70432 Emporia KS, Terry, Roger C. 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841165 Los Angeles CA. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. "Bomber crews often requested to be escorted by these Red Tails. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814825 Los Angeles CA, Brown, James W. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838166 Detroit MI, Brown, Lawrence A. William A. CampbellHerbert CarterRaymond CassagnolEugene Calvin Cheatham Jr.Herbert V. ClarkGranville C. CoggsMilton CrenchawWoodrow CrockettLemuel R. Custis 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841273 New York NY, Scott, Floyd R., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T66143 St. Louis MO, Lane, Earl R. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828052 Wickliffe OH, Langston, Carroll N., Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814197 Chicago IL, Lanham, Jimmy 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830791 Philadelphia PA, Lankford, Joshua 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 02069227 San Antonio TX, Lawrence, Erwin B. The Tuskegee Airmen faced perhaps their most daunting challenge on March 24, 1945, escorting American bombers all the way from Italy to Berlin. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. On The Home Front Noel F. Parrish At segregated Tuskegee, Parrish offered inspired leadership for the training of black pilots and airmen. Officer T69975 Hyattsville MD, Jones, Hubert L. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811284 Institute WV, Jones, Major E. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828051 Cleveland OH, Jones, Robert, Jr. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. Officer T70553 Chicago IL, Edwards, James E., Jr. 44-]-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T70226 Ahoskie NC, Smith, Robert C. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nations first Black aviation combat unit, died Feb. 8, 2023, 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. Charles Anderson "did a great job of running things," Hardy, who is now 97 years old, told Fox News Digital. Officer 0843243 Oberlin OH. "I listened to my instructors, I learned a lot and did the best I could. Officer T64639 Brooklyn NY, Merriweather, Robert O. COVID-19 PCR tests required for new andreturning students. The pilot, a Lt. Weathers, dropped his wing tanks, and turned into the German formation. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814824 San Mateo CA, Williams, Raymond L. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Minnesota, South St Paul. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01314639 Williamsport PA, Hunter, Marcellus L. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 0843343 Washington DC, Hunter, Samuel 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840206 Colorado Spgs. IL, Wilkerson, William G. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807113 Camden NJ, Wilkins, Laurence D. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804564 Los Angeles CA, Wilkins, Ralph D. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839093 Washington DC, Willette, Leonard R. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 Flt. Officer T69745 Little Silver NJ, Peoples, Francis B. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. He later flew bombers in Korea and fixed-wing gunships in Vietnam. All rights reserved. 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841162 Indianapolis IN, Anderson, Robert D. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828034 Indianapolis IN, Archer, Lee A., Jr. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809236 New York NY, Armistead, Richard S. A. Officer T70428 St. Louis MO, Harden, Argonne F. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841270 Philadelphia PA, Harder, Richard S. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821914 Brooklyn NY, Hardy, Bennett G. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 02080900 Kokomo IN, Hardy, Ferdinand A. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 Flt. Officer T149962 Asbury Park NJ, Griffin, Jerrold D. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843112 Philadelphia PA, Griffin, William E. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797220 Birmingham AL, Groves, Weldon K 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0805985 Edwardsville KS, Guilbaud, Eberle J. Individuals who have documented proof that they participated in the Tuskegee Airmen experience are also called "Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA).". Thats what we admired about him." Officer T67985 Lovelady TX, Wright, Frank N. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835332 Elmsford NY, Wright, Hiram 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. Keith, Laurel E. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835319 Cassopolis MI . "What made the Tuskegee Airmen ultimately succeed was the ability to overcome the obstacles they faced with hard work and dedication," LaVone Kay, spokesperson for Commemorative Air Force Rise Above, told Fox News Digital. The unit of African American pilots in the segregated Army earned their wings under the tutelage of pioneering pilot Charles A. Anderson. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital. "We went out to the aviation field, where a Civil Aeronautics unit for the teaching of colored pilots is in full swing," first lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote on April 1, 1941, in her nationally syndicated "My Day" column. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Officer T70559 Bronx NY, Nelson, Lincoln W. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839090 San Diego CA, Nelson, Neal V. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814200 Chicago IL, Nelson, Robert H. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809250 Pittsburgh PA, Newman, Christopher W. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814201 St. Louis MO, Newsum, Fltzroy 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 1st Lt. 0409854 Brooklyn NY, Nicolas, Pelissier C. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 Port au Prince Haiti, Nightingale, Elton H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824849 Tuskegee Inst. Officer T70548 Dallas TX, Harris, Archie H., Jr. 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841163 Ocean City NJ, Harris, Bernard 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839095 Detroit MI, Harris, Cassius A. Officer T70489 Kansas City KS, Jackson, Frank A., Jr. 44-I-l-SE 10/16/1944 Flt. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824830 Bridgeport CT, Calloway, Julius W. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 Flt. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841269 Baltimore MD, Doswell, Andrew H. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811246 Cleveland OH, Doswell, Edgar A., Jr. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. The American air armada was attacked that day by German ME-262 aircraft the worlds first jet fighters. Officer T70221 Lockhart TX, Bartley, William R. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809238 Jacksonville FL, Bates, George A. The group was successful. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830782 Pascagoula MS, Bonseigneur, Paul J., Jr. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838036 Chicago IL, Bowman, James E. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Officer T70100 Sewickley PA, Jones, Beecher A. Officer T64643 Chattanooga TN, White, Marvin C. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. He was tapped by the Army to teach Black pilots to fly at Tuskegee Institute in World War II. Officer T62810 Circleville OH, Jackson, Charles S., Jr. 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819460 Chicago IL, Jackson, Donald E. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 Flt. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804562 Manning SC, Walker, John B.,Jr. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER, "We worked together and we depended on each other," said Hardy. On March 19, 1941, the U.S. War Department established the 99th Pursuit Squadron, which, along with a few other squadrons formed later, became better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. Officer T141246 Cleveland OH, Thompson, Reid E. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817594 New Rochelle NY, Thorpe, Herbert C. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 02080935 Brooklyn NY, Thorpe, Richard E. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838163 Brooklyn NY, Tindall, Thomas 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. Officer T70094 Columbus GA, Burch, John A., III 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841255 Indianapolis IN, Burns, Charles A. Officer T70429 Chicago IL, Mulzac, John I. Their main mission was to escort Allied bombers in raids over German targets across Europe dangerous missions flown in the face of anti-aircraft fire from the ground and attacks from enemy fighter planes in the air. Just 66 Tuskegee Airmen were lost in combat in World War II. Officer T67973 St. Louis MO, Shults, Lloyd R. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828044 N. Plainfield NJ, Sidat-Singh, Wilmeth W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798952 Washington DC, Simeon, Albert B., Jr. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Officer T69750 Seattle WA, Winston, Harry P. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. The Tuskegee Airmen shot down three ME-262s in their raid over Berlin in March 1945, despite its superior speed and dexterity. Officer T64271 Helena AR, Exum, Herven P. 44-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. Officer T66147 Los Angeles CA, Mann, Hiram E. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0830329 Cleveland OH, Manning, Albert H. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804556 Hartsville SC, Manning, Walter P. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828053 Philadelphia PA, Maples, Andrew 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796264 Orange VA, Maples, Harold B. (Tuskegee University Archives). He later flew bombers in Korea and fixed-wing gunships in Vietnam. Maycie Herrington. Officer T66399 Wetumpka AL, Daniels, Virgil A. Officer T64623 Philadelphia PA, Browder, Cecil L. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814189 Wilmington NC, Brower, Fred L.,Jr. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0790936 Philadelphia PA, Harris, Edward 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Officer T67974 Lebanon KY, Spann, Calvin]. Officer T69979 East Orange N], Toatley, Ephraim E.,]r. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841161 Philadelphia PA, Tompkins, William D. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814823 Fall River MA, Toney, Mitchel N. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. Officer T64275 Franklin TN, Murphy, David J., Jr. 44-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. The Tuskegee Airmen soar across American military lore nearly 80 years after victory in World War II. Updated June 29, 2011. Officer T149963 Chicago IL, Simmons, Paul C., Jr. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814838 Detroit MI, Simons, Richard A. Officer T69976 Gary IN, Myers, Charles P. 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838158 Indianapolis IN, Nalle, Russell C., Jr. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 Flt. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported the Civilian Pilot Training Program and the War Training Service. Tuskegee Airmen Photo Gallery Photos provided by the Officer T70549 Norfolk VA, Jackson, Leonard M. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801172 Fort Worth TX, Jackson, Melvin T. 42j-SE 11/10/1942 2nd Lt. 0793708 Warren ton VA, Jackson, William T. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 Flt. Charles "Chief" Anderson was the first licensed Black commercial pilot in America in 1932. Officer T66405 Philadelphia PA, Green, Paul L. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835417 Xenia OH, Green, Smith W. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811280 Los Angeles CA, Green, William W. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809240 Staunton VA, Greenlee, George B.,Jr. Officer T67966 Washington DC, Campbell, McWheeler 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840203 Cambria VA, Campbell, Vincent O. Tuskegee Airmen instructor Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson was honored with a stamp by the U.S. U.S. News and World Report's Officer T67978 Kansas City KS, Allison, James M. 46-C-TE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102114 Chicago IL, Alsbrook, William N. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814188 Kansas City KS, Alston, William R. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839083 Huntington WV, Anders, Emet R. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838023 Carbondale IL, Anderson, Paul T. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 1st Lt. 01294209 Woodbine NY, Anderson, Rayfield A. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804561 Terre Haute IN, Surcey, Wayman P. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Chicago Tribune March 3, 2023. "Much of their navigation on the journey was done by reading a simple roadmap. Officer T68700 Jamaica NY, Brown, Reuben H., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843235 Kansas City MO, Brown, Robert S. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01048706 Minneapolis MN, Brown, Roger B. Officer T68713 Detroit MI, Goodenough, Purnell J. WebTuskegee Airmen Pilot Listing This list of more than 1,000 gentlemen include the pilots -- America's First Black Aviators. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 02075551 Cleveland OH, McIver, Frederick D., Jr. 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819456 Philadelphia PA, McKeethen, Lloyd B. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828055 Henderson NC, Peoples, Henry R. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828056 St. Louis MO, Perkins, John R., Jr. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 Flt. He stands among the many legendary figures to emerge from the famous unit, trained to fly and fight under a system devised and led by self-taught pilot Chief Anderson. The Tuskegee Airmen: 5 Fascinating FactsThe Tuskegee Airmen once shot down three German jets in a single day. On March 24, 1944, a fleet of P-51 Mustangs led by Colonel Benjamin O. Thurgood Marshall, the future Supreme Court justice, got his start defending Tuskegee bomber trainees. The Airmen might have never gotten off the ground without Eleanor Roosevelts help. More items 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 Flt. Officer T66141 Chicago IL, Garrett, Alfred E., Jr. 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 Flt. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807099 Tuskegee Inst. He taught himself to fly in the 1920s and became chief flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in World War II. Donald A. Hawkins. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841268 Salem NJ, Claytor, Ralph V. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842879 Roanoke VA, Cleaver, Lowell H. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841158 Prairie View TX, Clifton, Emile G., Jr. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821909 San Francisco CA, Cobbs, Wilson N. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843002 Gordonsville VA, Coggs, Granville C. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 02082572 Little Rock AR, Colbert, William A., Jr. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt.