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332nd Fighter Group - Tuskegee Airmen

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Aviation Elite Units - World War II - Allies & Independents

Last Stocked on 10/11/2017

Product Info

Title
332nd Fighter Group - Tuskegee Airmen
Publisher
Category
Author
Chris Bucholtz
Publish Year
2007
Pages
128
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.33"
NKG Part #
2147394132
MFG. Part #
OSPAEU024
Type
Softcover
Series
AEU24

Description

The USAAF's Tuskegee Experiment, designed to prove that African-Americans were not capable of flying combat aircraft, resulted in the creation of one of the USAAF's elite units. Commanded by Col Benjamin O Davis, the 332nd were able to boast 111 aerial kills, 150 strafing victories and even the sinking of a German destroyer by the war's end. The group were both feared and respected by the Germans, who called them the 'Schwartze Voglemenschen' (Black Birdmen), and this book reveals the true story of the unit who rose above discrimination to achieve elite status.

Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Tuskegee
Chapter 2: Arrival in Africa
Chapter 3: The ‘Redtails’ Over Italy and Romania
Chapter 4: Silencing the Critics
Chapter 5: Into Germany
Chapter 6: Lockbourne, and the End
Appendices