Two aircraft of the 99th. Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, take off for a local patrol, while other aircraft prepare for a long-range escort mission during early 1945.
Tuskegee Airmen
Works depicting the famed Tuskegee Airmen, their experiences and aircraft, and featuring original signatures of the Airmen themselves.
See also: All works tagged ‘Tuskegee’
Jan 062010
Flight Officer Charles Brantley, Tuskegee pilot of the 100th. Fighter Squadron, guns down a German Me 262 jet on March 24, 1945, en route to Berlin. Below, German troops and a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft detachment are in confusion.
Oct 062009
During August of 1944, the now famous Tuskegee Airmen deliver a serious message to the German army in Austria by blowing up an ammo dump.
Aug 062009
In a scene repeated on scores of missions in 1944 and 1945, often over German air space, the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group answer the distress call of a crippled bomber crew of the 15th Air Force.
Jan 022009
April 12, 1945. The P-51 Mustang ‘Creamer’s Dream’ flown by Lt. Charles L. White of the 301st Fighter Squadron, Tuskegee Airmen, shoots down an Me-109 in Austria.
Dec 062007
March 24, 1945. 1st Lt. Earl R. Lane of the 100th Fighter Group destroys a Messerschmitt-262 jet high over Germany.
Dec 072006
Late 1944 over S.E. Germany. Focke Wulf 190′s of the famed ‘Sturm’ or ‘Rammjager’ attack incoming B-24′s.
Apr 022006
‘Little Freddio’ and ‘Lady Emmo’ of the 332 Squadron are the first to launch from the airfield, turning to a northern heading that will take them to meet the bombers they are to escort to the heartland of Germany.
Jan 022006
Tuskegee P47′s sink a German destroyer in the Adriatic Sea on June 25, 1944.
