P-51 Mustang
The North American P-51 “Mustang” was a single-engine, air-superiority fighter and bomber escort which served the Army Air Corps during [...]
Tuskegee Airmen Profiles: Vernon V. Haywood
Vernon V. Haywood was born on October 24, 1920 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the youngest of seven siblings. [...]
Tuskegee Airmen Profiles: John Lyman Whitehead Jr. ‘Mr. Death’
John Lyman Whitehead Jr. was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia, on 14 May 1924. He joined the Reserve Corps in 1942, [...]
Tuskegee Airmen Profiles: Henry Buford “Herky” Perry
Henry-B.-Herky-Perry Henry Buford Perry was born on January 18, 1920 in Columbia, South Carolina to Mary A. Jackson [...]
Booker T. Washington- The Educator Behind Tuskegee Institute
If we want to understand the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, we cannot leave behind the man behind the Tuskegee [...]
Tuskegee Airmen Profiles- Daniel “Chappie” James
Daniel “Chappie” James (Image credit) Daniel “Chappie” James was born on February 11, 1920, in segregated Pensacola, Florida, [...]
Tuskegee Airmen Profile: Herbert Eugene Carter
Tuskegee Airman Herbert E. Carter was born on September 27, 1919, in Amory, Mississippi, to Willie Ann Sykes Carter and [...]
Tuskegee Air(wo)men Profiles: Mildred L. Hemmons-Carter
Mildred Hemmons-Carter (Image courtesy of Wikipedia) Childhood Mildred Louise Hemmons Carter was born on September 14, 1921, in Benson, [...]
Tuskegee Airmen profiles: Captain Charles B. Hall
Captain Charles B. Hall, United States Army Air Corps (Image credit: This day in Aviation) Charles Blaskey Hall [...]
Tuskegee Airmen Profiles: Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Childhood Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on December 18, 1912, [...]