Tuskegee's Heroes: Featuring the Aviation Art of Roy Lagrone

by Cooper, Charlie

• ISBN13: 9780760310847
• ISBN10: 076031084X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-07
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

This is the unique story of the all-black U.S. Army Air Corps unit in the segregated U.S. Army of World War II. Based at Tuskegee Air Base in Alabama, the 332nd Flighter Group flew their red-tailed P-40s and P-51s in North Africa and Europe. Despite their own casualties, these fighter escorts never lost a bomber during the warin fact, bomber groups often requested the Tuskegee Airmen as escorts.

Table of Contents

Dedication	4	(1)
Foreword	5	(1)
Preface	6	(1)
An Introduction to the Artist	7	(8)
Early Years	15	(28)
The Tuskegee Experiment	43	(38)
The Tuskegee Experience	81	(48)
Epilogue---Toward Tomorrow	129	(19)
Appendix I Prisoners of World War II	148	(2)
Appendix II Aerial Victories by Tuskegee Airmen in World War II	150	(3)
Appendix III Tuskegee Honor Roll	153	(2)
Bibliography	155	(1)
Index	156