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

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. Army Air Force Veteran WWII, 99th Bomb Squadron, B-17 Flying Fortress. Preceded in death by his parents Nick and Julia, wife Betty, son Edward, Jr., and daughter Linda. Survived by daughters ...

The 99th flew on, through a long series of monotonous ... Some are training with white cadets as bombardiers and navigators: A Negro B-26 bomber squadron is to be organized this summer.

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 ...

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 ...

Sepia Soldiers. The Tuskegee school to train pilots for the 99th Fighter Squadron of the Army Air Forces was established in July 1941. Primary pilot training began on a small field near Tuskegee ...

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 ...

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.