Tuskegee Airmen were just some of the many African Americans that fought in WW2.The Tuskegee airmen was an all african american squadron created to fight the germans in WW2, They flew many combat missions during the war, and that earned them a reputation among other pilots including medals from the U.S Air Force. Africans have always played a big role in almost every major U.S wars. They fought in the revolutionary war for our independence through to today. Also a surprising fact you wouldn’t think that African Americans would have a big part in the Civil War but they did; in fact several all black regiments were formed during the time. WW2 was the first time the govenment had formed a black fighter squadron. ( African Americans in the Army) At the start of the war a school known as the Tuskegee Institute opened offering flight training as one of their courses and that gave birth to the Tuskegee Airmen we know today. The institute trained over 1000 pilots by the end of the war. ( Tuskegee Flight Training Program) First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was very interested in the Tuskegee Airmen Institute at the time. When she visited Tuskegee Airmen …show more content…
All the units combined during the war a total of 66 men were killed in combat and 33 men became prisoners of war.The Tuskegee flew a total of 15,000 “missions” during the war. It's in quotations because not every “mission” was a legit mission but they flew a good 1,500 combat missions during the war.( Tuskegee Airmen) When they returned home no one would acknowledge the great contributions that the squadron provided during the war. In fact the U.S government treated the German P.O.W’s better than the returning Tuskegee Airmen. Many of them went to school because after the war and made careers out of the military. After the war the silently fought for equal rights for blacks. ( Red Tail