The 99th Pursuit Squadron, along with other African American ... eventually earning the prestigious role of bomber escorts for 8th Air Force missions over Europe. The Tuskegee Airmen later ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The 99th Fighter Squadron, the first all-black fighter squadron, was formed before the attack on Pearl Harbor, which launched ...

DeBow, Jr., and George S. Roberts. Davis was assigned to the base; the others became the first African-American pilots in the 99th Pursuit Squadron. The 99th Pursuit Squadron was an all African ...

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 ...

Cancel anytime. The 99th Fighter Squadron, the first all-black fighter squadron, deployed from Tuskegee Army Air Field in April 1943. The 477th Bombardment Group (Medium), the first and only black ...

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 ...

Lt. Col. Jearl C. Allman was relieved of duty as commander of the 99th Security Forces Squadron by Col. Paul J. Murray, commander of the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis. The 99th Security Forces ...

A group of pilots, tail gunners ... war stories.The occasion was the ninth annual reunion of 200 members of the 99th Bomb Group Historical Society, an organization of World War II veterans ...

The Dayton, Ohio native had joined the 99th Bomb Group, 348th Bomb Squadron of the U.S. Air Force at age 17, and was later stationed in Foggia, Italy. Before the war's end, Millett endured 13 ...

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 ...