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Tusk e gee Airmen

Tusk e gee Airmen. By B randon Brooks. Facts. 66 Tuskegee pilots killed in combat 32 Tuskegee pilots shot down who became prisoners of war 15,553 combat sorties flown
(including 6000+ for the 99th prior to July '44 1,578  total missions flown 200 bomber escort missions flown

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Tusk e gee Airmen

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  1. Tuskegee Airmen By Brandon Brooks

  2. Facts • 66 Tuskegee pilots killed in combat • 32 Tuskegee pilots shot down who became prisoners of war • 15,553 combat sorties flown
(including 6000+ for the 99th prior to July '44 • 1,578 total missions flown • 200 bomber escort missions flown • 409 German aircraft shot down or damaged on the ground • 950 ground transportation units (trucks, railroad cars, etc.) destroyed • 111 German airplanes destroyed in the air • 1 German Navy destroyer sunk by P-47 machine gun fire

  3. Facts: aircraft flown • P-39 • P-40 • P-47 • P-51

  4. The P51-D mustang • Armament: Six .50-cal. machine guns and 10 5-in. rockets or 2,000 lbs. of bombs • Engine: Packard-built Rolls-Royce Merlin V-1650 with 1,695 hp • Maximum speed: 437 mph • Cruising speed: 275 mph • Range: 1,000 miles • Ceiling: 41,900 ft.  • Span: 37 ft. • Length: 32 ft. 3 in. • Height: 13 ft. 8 in. • Weight: 12,100 lbs. maximum

  5. Bombers escorted • B-25 • B-24 • B-17

  6. 332nd fighter squadron Presidential Unit Citation Jet fighters German destroyer

  7. The Founder • Benjamin O. Davis jr. was selected to command an all black flying unit in 1940 • the second reelection campaign of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

  8. The 99th • Aircraft: P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51 • Operations: Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and European Theater of Operations, 2 June 1943 - 30 April 1945. • Campaigns: Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater. • Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citations: Sicily, June-July 1943; Cassino, 12-14 May 1944; Germany, 24 March 1945.

  9. Interview • Location • Person • Information

  10. The 477th • Never entered combat • Planes used • records

  11. Historic site • The U.S. Congress authorized $29 million in 1998 to develop the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, with the University, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. and the National Park Service serving as partners in its development. To date, a mere $3.6 million has been appropriated for the Site's implementation.

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