The Tuskegee Airmen were formed In 1941. The Army Air Force began training black Americans as military pilots in Alabama at Tuskegee's Moton Field and Tuskegee Army Air Field. There assignments were to fly escort and conduct combat missions throughout the Mediterranean and were collectively known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Flying over 200 missions as heavy bomber escorts, they never lost a fighter to an enemy fighter. Lt. Robert Williams flew 50 combat missions during the war. Williams flew from Italy with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group of the 15th Air Force destroying two enemy aircraft between 1944-1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters and the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation. After the war he wrote the original manuscript for the award winning 1995 HBO film "The Tuskegee Airmen" his character was portrayed by actor Laurence Fishburne. Now you can own a piece of the Tuskegee history with our 1:35 replica. Features include fully functional landing gear, flaps, rudder, a sliding canopy, and removable engine cowling. Each replica is serialized, with a limited production run, So Hurry and order your’s today! Bonus 96pg. book included with purchase. Mustang Aces of the Ninth & Fifteenth Air Forces & the RAF by Jerry Scutts. This book features numerous stories on the men and their mustangs during the war with rare photos.
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