44-H-SE 9/8/1944 1st Lt. 01014240 New Orleans LA, Liggins, Wayne V. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 02 Springfield OH, Lindsey, Perry W. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 02068905 New Albany IN, Lockett, Claybourne A. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01314639 Williamsport PA, Hunter, Marcellus L. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 0843343 Washington DC, Hunter, Samuel 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840206 Colorado Spgs. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804555 Chicago IL, Kirksey, Leeroy 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T70223 Detroit MI, Fuller, Willie H. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0790934 Tarboro NC, Funderburg, Frederick D. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817585 Monticello GA, Gaines, Thurston L., Jr. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Only 992 Tuskegee Airmen flew fighter planes in World War II, yet 14,000 served among them bomber crews, reconnaissance plane pilots, grounds crew and various other support staff, notes Tuskegee Airmen historian Haulman. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814825 Los Angeles CA, Brown, James W. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838166 Detroit MI, Brown, Lawrence A. 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0790936 Philadelphia PA, Harris, Edward 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. (U.S. Air Force photo). Officer T70098 Philadelphia PA, Franklin, Earl N. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842880 Joliet IL, Franklin, George E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838028 Joliet IL, Freeman, Eldridge E. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 Flt. He taught himself to fly in the 1920s and became chief flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in World War II. They were faster and more maneuverable than anything in the Army Air Corps. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. It was taken from the appendix of the book Black Knights - The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen, by Lynn M. Holman and Thomas Reilly. WebList of Tuskegee Airmen. AL, Gray, George E. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804553 Hemphill WV, Gray, Leo R. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835409 Roxbury MA, Green, James L. 44-1-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. "The Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 15,000 sorties between May 1943 and June 1945," reports the National World War II Museum. Charles "Chief" Anderson was the first licensed Black commercial pilot in America in 1932. Updated June 29, 2011. Anderson earned a commercial pilot license in 1932. Officer T66409 Wilson NJ, Farley, William H. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821903 Savannah GA, Faulkner, William J. Tuskegee Airman and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy with children at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex in Sarasota, Florida, in 2013. Officer T62808 Danville IL, Wilson, Theodore A. (Tuskegee University Archives). Officer T70543 Huston LA, Harvey, James H., Jr. 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838153 Mountain Top PA, Hathcock, Lloyd S. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817588 Dayton OH, Hawkins, Donald A. Officer T64643 Chattanooga TN, White, Marvin C. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. Denied opportunities to take flying lessons because he was African American, he blazed his own path into the wild blue yonder. The heroic U.S Army Air Forces pilots battled for equality at home before they battled Nazis in the skies over Europe. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 Flt. Tuskegee Airmen Clip | 6m 53s Loaded 0% / On March 7, 1942, the first class of cadets graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field to become the nation's first All About Us Find Your Interest Search our Degree Programs Need Advising? Once-classified documents provided to Fox News Digital by the Air Force Historical Research Agency show the "box scores for the Red Tails" a trail of destruction of Nazi forces left by the Tuskegee Airmen. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821924 Cheriton VA, Wofford, Kenneth O. Officer T64625 Pittsburgh PA, Harris, Herbert S. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0806279 Philadelphia PA, Harris, James E. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840204 Xenia OH, Harris, John S. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843113 Richmond KY, Harris, Louis K. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830786 St. Louis MO, Harris, Macao A., Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814193 Boston MA, Harris, Richard H. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807096 Montgomery AL, Harris, Stanley L. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817587 St. Paul MN, Harris, Thomas D., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843233 Brooklyn NY, Harrison, Alvin E., Jr. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 Flt. You will find many Student and The Tuskegee Airmen shot down three ME-262s in their raid over Berlin in March 1945, despite its superior speed and dexterity. Officer T69977 Youngstown OH, Parker, Melvin 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. He was tapped by the Army to teach Black pilots to fly at Tuskegee Institute in World War II. Officer T64639 Brooklyn NY, Merriweather, Robert O. The first military class of cadets began training at Kennedy Field in August 1941, after Moton Field was completed, primary flight training moved there in September 1941. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843104 St. Louis MO, Dunlap, Alwayne M. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798946 Washington DC, Dunne, Charles A. Officer T69755 St. Louis MO, Oliphant, Clarence A. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830782 Pascagoula MS, Bonseigneur, Paul J., Jr. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838036 Chicago IL, Bowman, James E. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Moton Field, where hundreds of war pilots learned to fly under his tutelage, is now Tuskegee Moton Field Municipal Airport. Officer T64633 Birmingham AL, Elfalan, Jose R. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843354 Prospect KY, Ellington, Spurgeon N. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804549 Winston-Salem NC. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814824 San Mateo CA, Williams, Raymond L. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED SLICED BREAD: OTTO ROHWEDDER, HARD-LUCK HAWKEYE. (Tuskegee University Archives). The flight brought much-needed attention to the Tuskegee Airmen. "Remaining in Tuskegee after the war, Anderson continued to provide flight instruction at Moton Field, which remains an active airport and is the location of theTuskegee Airmen National Historic Site," reports the Encyclopedia of Alabama. CO, Hunter, Willie S. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807097 Albany GA, Hurd, James A. Officer T69743 Washington DC, Patton, Thomas G. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821918 South Franklin TN, Payne, Turner W. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814834 Wichita Falls TX, Payne, Verdell L. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. The pilots formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of Officer T70094 Columbus GA, Burch, John A., III 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841255 Indianapolis IN, Burns, Charles A. (Air Force Historical Research Agency), "He learned to fly through personal determination. Officer T70562 Lawrenceville VA, Street, Thomas C. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835415 Springfield NJ, Suggs, John J. Webpilots in the Tuskegee Airmen story. Woodhouse (LAW55) is one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Americas first all-Black combat flying unit, which flew during World War II. Unit members werent even allowed to be trained alongside white soldiers. Clemens MI, Moffett, Wilbur 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. He also said the early military reports were not completely accurate. Officer T70228 Detroit MI, Wiggins, Robert H. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809259 New York NY, Wilburn, Arthur 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819466 Asheville NC, Wiley, James T. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790469 Pittsburgh PA, Wilhite, Emmet 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843009 Los Angeles CA, Wilkerson, Oscar L., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843249 Chicago Hgts. Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr. told generations of kids about being one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first Black aviation combat unit. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796267 Durham NC, Mills, Theodore H. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814933 New Rochelle NY, Mitchell, James T., Jr. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824827 Charlotte NC, Brown, Augustus G. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01038394 Houma LA, Brown, George A., Jr. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843110 Baltimore MD, Brown, Harold Haywood 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830783 Minneapolis MN, Brown, Harold Howard 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835405 Weeletka OK, Brown, James B. Some 14,000 Tuskegee Airmen served in World War II, including hundreds of its now-legendary fighter pilots. Officer T70430 Philadelphia PA, Rapier, Gordon M. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824841 Gary IN, Rayburg, Nathaniel P. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 Flt. "Anderson learned to fly through personal determination. (Courtesy CAF Rise Above via U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama). The U.S. Army Air Corps 332nd Fighter Group, more commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, flew P-51 Mustang fighter planes with distinct red tails to signify their unit. Photo by Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Officer T64623 Philadelphia PA, Browder, Cecil L. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814189 Wilmington NC, Brower, Fred L.,Jr. He soon traded the use of his plane for lessons from a local pilot named Russell Thaw. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 Flt. William CHICAGO A Chicago area Tuskegee Airman whose contributions and success altered the course of history has died. ", "The U.S. military was fully integrated 1948, just three years after his Tuskegee Airmen flew their final combat mission.". Officer T70108 Redlands CA, Thomas, William H. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814842 Los Angeles CA, Thompson, Donald N., Jr. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838162 Philadelphia PA, Thompson, Floyd A. All rights reserved. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814821 Baltimore MD, Pokinghome, James R. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797221 Pensacola FL, Pollard, Henry 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817592 Buffalo NY, Pompey, Maurice D. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. WebIn October 1944, he graduated from the Tuskegee Flight Program and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was later hired to be the lead flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in World War II. Officer T64276 Pueblo CO, Spencer, Roy M. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797223 Tallahasee FL, Spicer, Cecil 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843360 Greenville OH, Spriggs, Thurman E. 45-H-SE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843350 Des Moines IA, Spurlin, Jerome D. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814822 Chicago IL, Squires, John W. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T64270 Seattle WA, Perkins, Roscoe C., Jr. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 01637362 Washington DC, Elsberry, Joseph D. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792420 Langston OK, Esters, Maurice V. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804550 Webster City IA, Ewing, James 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 Flt. Now nearly a century old, their ranks are dwindling rapidly. Officer T64636 Cincinnati OH, Goldsby, Charles S. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. Raymond V. Haysbert. Officer T70554 Philadelphia PA, Ballard, Alton F. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811173 Pasadena CA NI, Barksdale, James M. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. 45-H-SE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843349 Ardmore OK, Ramsey, James C. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. Anderson was not a military man. His inexperience is a testament to the challenges faced by Anderson. Officer T64640 New York NY, Reynolds, Clarence E.,Jr. "Bomber crews often requested to be escorted by these Red Tails. Officer T67978 Kansas City KS, Allison, James M. 46-C-TE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102114 Chicago IL, Alsbrook, William N. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814188 Kansas City KS, Alston, William R. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839083 Huntington WV, Anders, Emet R. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838023 Carbondale IL, Anderson, Paul T. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 1st Lt. 01294209 Woodbine NY, Anderson, Rayfield A. Hes still a legend today, skydiving in his 90s and taking friends parasailing on the Gulf of Mexico near his home in Sarasota, Florida.