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NATIONAL AIRMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Before the Tuskegee Airmen

'TAPS' FOR TWO HEROES
General Daniel James Jr. and Dale White

66TH ARMY AIR FORCES FLIGHT TRAINING DETACHMENT - MOTON FIELD --1942

THE TUSKEGEE ARMY AIR FIELD - 1942

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DIGITAL COLLECTION
African Americans Seen Through the Eyes of the Newsreel Cameraman

http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/flmovietone.html

"The Tuskegee Army Flying School has the eyes of the world focused upon it, for here has been formed the nucleus of Negro combat pilots and skilled technicians. A little over a year ago, the first Negro cadets began their primary training at the Air Corps Training Detachment, Tuskegee Institute, under the instructions of civilian pilots with Army personnel doing the administrative work. It was during the month of August, 1941, that 12 cadets were being questioned by the nation in editorials with such questions as: Will the first class pull through? Will the program be a success or failure? etc. The initial flying class proved to the world that they, too, could become combat pilots. . . and since the first graduation other cadets are receiving their wings monthly.

Not only is the Tuskegee Army Flying School pinning wings on Negro pilots, but it is steadily producing skilled technicians, air mechanics, photographers, radio operators, weather men, and many other technicians essential to the Army Air Forces.

The flying school is located in South Central Alabama, 13 miles from the famous Tuskegee Institute founded by one of America's foremost educators, Booker T. Washington." [SOURCE]

ROOTED IN TUSKEGEE