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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 1275139, member: 10103&quot;]P-40</p><p><br /></p><p>P-51</p><p><br /></p><p>B-25</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the day when most blacks were relegated to the mess hall or yard work, a few were chosen for a revolutionary program involving the training of black military pilots.&nbsp; Tuskegee Institute was the chosen venue.&nbsp; The military at the time was still segregated so these new pilots encountered many challenges which had to be overcome in order to win their wings.&nbsp; They had to be the best of the best......and they were.&nbsp; Many a bomber crew over Germany was happy to see an escort of &quot;Red Tail&quot; &#039;51&#039;s.&nbsp; Not a bomber crew was lost on a Tuskegee watch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other planes flown by the Tuskegee Airmen:</p><p><br /></p><p>P-39</p><p><br /></p><p>P-47[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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