The purpose of this army air corps program was to train african americans to fly and maintain a combat aircraft.
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Pictures. Army air corps (aac), a precursor of the u.s. Army air force units in world war ii that were comprised primarily of african american flyers and maintenance crews, though a few white officers and trainers were also involved.
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Francis it was my lucky day — i'm still alive, capt. A new pursuit squadron and air base detachment was to be formed in illinois, eventually to be based in tuskegee, ala. Was the greatness of these men only in their keen and almost unmatched.
They came from every section of the official ceremony was held on march 29, 2007, in washington.
During these bomber escort missions, they protected the bombers from enemy fighters. They came from all over the. Dickson went missing in december 1944 after a reconnaissance mission in prague during world war ii. According to the 2019 book soaring to glory:
