Formed as the 99th Pursuit Squadron, USAAF, in 1941, the all-Black Tuskegee Airmen trained at Alabama’s Tuskegee Army Air Field. They became known to many a grateful bomber crewman as the Redtails for their red-trimmed aircraft, which included the P-40 Warhawk and, later, the legendary P-51 Mustang, as well as bombers. Nearly 1,000 Redtail pilots flew 1,578 missions and 15,533 sorties, destroyed 261 enemy aircraft, and earned more than 850 medals. Photo by Stephen J. Thorne Details: 18 inches x 12 inches (actual print size is: 17.25 inches x 11.25 inches) • Printed on ultra-smooth white cover stock • Matting and framing are the responsibility of the purchaser
