TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WWII FIGHTER PILOTS: The Story of an Original Tuskegee Pilot Lt. Col. Hiram E. Mann

Synopsis: This book honors the military and national contributions of The Tuskegee Airmen-African American Pilots known as "Red Tails" who never lost a bomber they escorted during World War II. These decorated pilots overcame a prejudiced study in 1925 by the US War Department, which concluded that Blacks cannot fly a complex airplane." The success of the "Red Tails" is documented in this book, beginning with Eleanor Roosevelt being flown by a Tuskegee pilot, which led to the deployment of ...