332nd Fighter Group

Tuskegee Airmen

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332nd Fighter Group

Tuskegee Airmen

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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 Bejamin 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.

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Published 10 Jan 2007
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 128
ISBN 9781846030444
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Aviation Elite Units
Short code AEU 24
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Chris Bucholtz

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Jim Laurier

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