This film is on the organization and training of the Tuskegee Airmen at Tuskegee Air Base, Alabama. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first all-black manned fighter squadron pilots of WWII.
Shows the squadron engaging a flight of German ME-110's in combat over Italy during World War II. Scenes of Tuskegee Institute, the construction of the air base, black cadets in class, physical training, flight training, graduating class receiving wings; and General Butler addressing Negro airmen.
Scenes Include: Black combat pilots, aerial combat, aerial dogfight, statue of Booker T. Washington.
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