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"We couldn't keep up with them," Hardy, the 97-year-old Tuskegee Airman, told Fox News Digital. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 Flt. Their main mission was to escort Allied bombers in raids over German targets across Europe dangerous missions flown in the face of anti-aircraft fire from the ground and attacks from enemy fighter planes in the air. Officer T64627 South Bend IN, Ponder, Driskell B. Officer T64624 Indianapolis IN, Bruce, Samuel M. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792417 Seattle WA, Bryant, Grady E. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843001 Los Angeles CA, Bryant,Joseph C., Jr. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. The names listed below are the names of all the PILOT GRADUATES from the Tuskegee Flight School. Cooper, Edward M. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 02080879 Sharon LA, Corbin, Matthew J. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Officer T64247 Gadsden AL, Mitchell, Paul G. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790461 Washington DC, Mitchell, Vincent I. Hardy flew legendary "Red Tail" P-51 Mustang fighter planes in World War II the aircraft earning the name from the crimson rudder that denoted the 332nd Fighter Group. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 1st Lt. 0454317 Pittsburgh PA, Reed, Marsille P. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841264 Tillar AR, Reeves, Ronald W. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835413 Washington DC, Reid, Maury M., Jr. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T70027 Pittsburgh PA, Cousins, Augustus 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 01307085 Toledo OH, Cousins, William M. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838027 Philadelphia PA, Cowan, Edwin T. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. (Air Force Historical Research Agency), "He learned to fly through personal determination. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T70557 Albion MI, Weathers, Luke 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801178 Memphis TN, Webb, Rhohelia 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835322 Baltimore MD, Wells,Johnson C. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807112 Buffalo NY, Wells, Wendell D. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817606 Washington DC, Westbrook, Shelby F. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821921 Toledo OH, Westmoreland, Julius C. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843241 Washington DC, Westmoreland, Walter D. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809257 Atlanta GA, Wheeler, Jimmie D. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828059 Detroit MI, Wheeler, William M. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824843 Detroit MI, White, Charles L. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824844 St. Louis MO, White, Cohen M. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821922 Detroit MI, White, Ferrier H. 44-I-l-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01824829 Oberlin OH, White, Harold L. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835416 Detroit MI, White, Harry W. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. Officer T70227 Wichita KS, White, Raymond M. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. Officer T64279 New York NY, Whittaker, Peter H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824845 Detroit MI, Whyte, James W.,Jr. Raymond V. Haysbert. 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. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841263 Canton OH, Walker, Quitman C. 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796269 Indianola MS, Walker, William C., Jr. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830795 Atlantic City NJ, Wa, , lker, William H. 42-K-SE 12/13/1942 2nd Lt. 0794603 Suffolk VA, Walker, William H. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797225 Carbondale IL, Wanamaker, Geo, rge , , E. 45-C-S, E 5/23/1945 Flt. Officer T68757 Detroit MI, Moody, Frank H. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821917 Los Angeles CA, Moody, Paul L. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828039 Cambridge MA, Moody, Roland W. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828054 Cambridge MA, Moore, Abe B. NOTE: This list DOES NOT include the names of all individuals who PARTICIPATED IN the Tuskegee Airmen pilot training program or support operations. The first jet-propelled plane captured intact, it was flown over Allied lines and surrendered by its pilot who was supposed to be testing it at the time. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. Officer T67974 Lebanon KY, Spann, Calvin]. 45-I-SE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 02102013 Halesite NY, Bibb, William V. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843352 Ottumwa IA, Bickham, Luzine B. Of the 992 Tuskegee Airmen pilots who completed advanced flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Forces, eight were still alive a year ago. Officer T69749 Detroit MI, Turner, Allen H. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838165 Flint MI, Turner, Andrew D. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792787 Washington DC 0tD, Turner, Gordon G. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 02075566 Los Angeles CA, Turner, John B. (Tuskegee University Archives). Postal Service in 2014. Officer T68764 Detroit MI, Gomer, Joseph P. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804552 Iowa Falls IA, Goodall, Ollie O., Jr. 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 Flt. Fewer than 1,000 pilots served with the Tuskegee Airmen. Officer T67985 Lovelady TX, Wright, Frank N. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835332 Elmsford NY, Wright, Hiram 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790460 Cleveland OH, Lawrence, Robert W. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 01640660 Bloomfield NJ, Lawson, Herman A. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841268 Salem NJ, Claytor, Ralph V. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842879 Roanoke VA, Cleaver, Lowell H. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841158 Prairie View TX, Clifton, Emile G., Jr. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821909 San Francisco CA, Cobbs, Wilson N. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843002 Gordonsville VA, Coggs, Granville C. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 2nd Lt. 02082572 Little Rock AR, Colbert, William A., Jr. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Officer T70426 Berkeley CA, Wyatt, Beryl 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809261 Independence KS, Wynn, Nasby Jr. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 Flt. Officer T66407 New York NY, Maxwell, Robert L. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843247 Bronx NY, May, Cornelius F. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814198 Indianapolis IN, McCarroll, Rixie H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824837 Gary IN, McClelland, Harvey L. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. George Hardy flew with the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen, in 1945. "I had the fun of going up in one of the tiny training planes with the head instructor." He found another ally in his quest to fly an unlikely ally. He was 89 years old. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828060 Marion IN, Wilson, LeRoyJ. Officer T69745 Little Silver NJ, Peoples, Francis B. Charles Alfred Anderson Sr. was born on Feb. 9, 1907 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Iverson and Janie Anderson. James H. Harvey. 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. Officer T67154 San Bernardino CA, Hawkins, Kenneth R. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819449 San Bernardino CA, Hawkins, Thomas L. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. Clarence Lucky Lester had a storied career that included shooting down three Clemens MI, Moffett, Wilbur 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. Officer T69407 East St. Louis IL, Brothers, James E. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801162 Chicago IL, Brothers, James E. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T66408 Los Angeles CA, Collins, Russell L. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. 46-B-TE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Detroit MI, Desvignes, Russell F. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 Flt. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804557 Battle Creek MI, Miller, Willard B. 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 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. Officer T70561 Oberlin OH, Proctor, Oliver W. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830789 Indianapolis IN, Highbaugh, Richard B. Charles Anderson "did a great job of running things," Hardy, who is now 97 years old, told Fox News Digital. Anderson was not a military man. "We went out to the aviation field, where a Civil Aeronautics unit for the teaching of colored pilots is in full swing," first lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote on April 1, 1941, in her nationally syndicated "My Day" column. Officer T70561 Oberlin OH, Selden, Wiley W. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 08 Norfolk VA, Sessions, Mansfield L. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842885 Los Angeles CA, Sheats, George H. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842585 New Haven CT, Shepherd, James H. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 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. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in Anderson's honor at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama in 2014. 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. Officer T70238 East Berkley WV, Price, Charles R. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. You will find many Student and WebHow many Tuskegee airmen were there? Only three fighter pilots are still alive, according to Jerry Burton, national president of the nonprofit. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T64630 Washington DC, Sheppard, Harry A. Officer T66141 Chicago IL, Garrett, Alfred E., Jr. 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 Flt. Officer T70547 Fort Worth TX, Garrison, Robert E., Jr. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835408 Columbus OH, Gash, Joseph E. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841258 Denver CO, Gaskins, Aaron C. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843105 Hartford CT, Gay, Thomas L. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821911 Detroit MI, Gibson, John A. He was later hired to be the lead flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in World War II. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 Flt. 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. 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 T70109 Jersey City NJ, Williams, Robert E.,Jr. "This historical landmark is a rich backdrop to a modern, state-of-the-art facility providing top-notch training and education, while serving as an economic engine for the region," says the City of Tuskegee online. I think I was successful. 44-I-I-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838159 White Plains NY, Simpson, Jesse H. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T70548 Dallas TX, Harris, Archie H., Jr. 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841163 Ocean City NJ, Harris, Bernard 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839095 Detroit MI, Harris, Cassius A. Anderson's greatest contribution to the nation was helping prove old stereotypes wrong. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported the Civilian Pilot Training Program and the War Training Service. It was a dangerous mission of nearly 1,000 miles each way. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 Port au Prince Haiti, Guyton, Eugene L. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 Flt. Aircraft was housed and maintained here. The Tuskegee Airmen: 5 Fascinating FactsThe Tuskegee Airmen once shot down three German jets in a single day. On March 24, 1944, a fleet of P-51 Mustangs led by Colonel Benjamin O. Thurgood Marshall, the future Supreme Court justice, got his start defending Tuskegee bomber trainees. The Airmen might have never gotten off the ground without Eleanor Roosevelts help. More items 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792424 Thomasville GA, Pillow, Robert A., Jr. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. A Tuskegee combat pilot during World War II, he shot down three German fighter planes in one day. Officer T61867 Jacksonville FL, Darnell, Charles E. 44-C-TE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824824 Dayton OH, Dart, Clarence W. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814826 Elmira NY, Davenport, Harry J., Jr. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830784 Beaumont TX, Davis, Alfonza W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798944 Omaha NE, Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. 42-C-SE 3/6/1942 Capt. Left to right, Richard S. "Rip" Harder, Brooklyn, New York; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, New York; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, Ohio; Wendell M. Lucas, Fairmont Heights, Maryland. ", "The U.S. military was fully integrated 1948, just three years after his Tuskegee Airmen flew their final combat mission.". Vernon NY, Tucker, Paul 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T68760 Franklin VA, Wise, Henry A. Officer T6311 0 St. Louis MO, Brashears, Virgil 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 01313712 Kansas City MO, Braswell, Thomas P. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821907 Buford GA, Bratcher, Everett A. He taught himself to fly in the 1920s and became chief flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in World War II. Officer T70231 Bryn Mawr PA, Brooks, Milton R. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804547 Glassport PA, Brooks, Sidney P. 42-D-SE 4/29/1942 2nd Lt. 0789118 Cleveland OH, Brooks, Tilford U. Officer T61446 Cleveland OH, Crumbsy, Grover 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 Officer T68711 Pensacola FL, Cummings, Herndon M. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841277 Montrose GA, Curry, John C. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843111 Indianapolis IN, Curry, Walter P. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841157 York PA, Carter, William G. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102109 Pittsburgh PA, Casey, Clifton G. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 Flt. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817602 New York NY, Hockaday, Wendell W. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830781 Norfolk VA, Hodges, Jerry T., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843246 Heth AR, Holbert, Bertrand J. Officer T63109 Los Angeles CA, Stephenson, William W. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt.

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