The 99th Pursuit Squadron, along with other African American ... eventually earning the prestigious role of bomber escorts ...

After initially flying P-40 Warhawk fighters, the 99th was eventually provided with P-51 Mustangs along with the rest of the 332nd, as the fighter group's primary role became heavy bomber escort.

Frank Burnette was part of the 99th Bomb Group, 416th Bomb Squadron during World War II. His squadron flew 50 missions in the legendary B-17 to help Allied Forces defeat the Germans. A friend ...

Disney-themed military insignia were in constant demand throughout the war and were adopted by Allied units in every theater of operations. A pilot in the 346th Bomb squadron, 99th Bomb Group (H ...

A World War Two veteran from North Devon who survived 17 missions in a Lancaster Bomber ... his 99th birthday. Dick Raymond, from Brayford, was a flight engineer with the Pathfinder squadron ...

A former RAF flight engineer was given a special surprise as he celebrated his 99th birthday. Ray Parke, who flew over 40 missions in a Lancaster Bomber during the Second World War, turned 99 on April ...

RANTOUL (AP) - On March 22, 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron - the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen - was activated not in Tuskegee, Ala., but at an Army ...

A former RAF flight engineer was given a special surprise as he celebrated his 99th birthday ... 99 on April 22 and visited the USAAF 93rd Bomb Group Museum in Hardwick, near Long Stratton ...