Tuskegee Airmen

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Tuskegee Airmen
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The Beginning
September 16, 1940 Congress passed a Selective
Service Act which required all the armed services
to enlist Negroes. On the same day, the War
Department announced that the Civil Aeronautics
Authority, in cooperation with the U.S. Army,
would start the development of colored
personnel for the aviation service.
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P-51 Mustang Red Tails
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• The home field for the 477th was Selfridge Field,
  located outside Detroit.

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Soldiers Fighters

• Tuskegee Airmen were fighting for 2 victories.
• Victory in WWII
• Victory against racism at home

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Achievements

• First African-American combat pilots
• 112 Enemy aircraft destroyed in flight.
• Awarded over 850 medals
• The only squadrons never to loose an escorted
  American bomber
• Nationally recognized ACE fighters
• Major break though in the battle for Civil Rights