re: #81 drcordell

It’s true, they deserve much more credit than they have received. What I find the most fascinating about the Tuskegee Airmen is that they were the favorite escort unit of bomber pilots, because they were drilled so heavily on teamwork and mission objectives. They understood that staying close and defending bombers so they reached the target was priority #1, not flying off and getting into dogfights to rack up more individual kills.

You’re forgetting the part where they never lost a bomber they were escorting to enemy action… at least that’s something I recall hearing once or twice….