WebAlthough the best-known Tuskegee Airmen were the fighter pilots of the 332nd Pursuit Group (99th, 100th, 301st, and 302nd fighter squadrons), the 477th Bombard Group (the Tuskegee Airmen instructor Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson was honored with a stamp by the U.S. IL, Wilkerson, William G. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807113 Camden NJ, Wilkins, Laurence D. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804564 Los Angeles CA, Wilkins, Ralph D. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839093 Washington DC, Willette, Leonard R. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 Flt. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811277 Atlantic City NJ, Eagleson, Wilson V. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801165 Bloomington IL, Echols, Julius P. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817605 Indianapolis IN, Hill, Charles A., Jr. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835325 Detroit MI, Hill, Charles D. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0443955 Washington DC, Hill, Louis G., Jr. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 1st Lt. 01573279 Indianapolis IN, Hill, Nathaniel M. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792783 Washington DC, Hill, William E. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811281 Narragansett RI, Hill, William L. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 Flt. Officer T67157 Atlantic City NJ, Washington, Samuel L. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Officer T70432 Emporia KS, Terry, Roger C. 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841165 Los Angeles CA. Among the pilots in the the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces, there were a total of 932 pilots who graduated from the program. 42-J-SE 11/10/1942 2nd Lt. 0793706 Beaumont TX, Chavis, John H. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828047 Raleigh NC, Cheatham, Eugene C. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817598 Philadelphia PA, Cheek, Conrad H. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102110 Weldon NC, Cheek, Quinten V. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 02075530 Weldon NC, Chichester, James R. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01312749 Santa Monica CA, Chin, Jack 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102111 Chicago IL, Chineworth, Joseph E. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. Officer T140106 Wilmington DE, Jefferson, Alexander 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819461 Detroit MI, Jefferson, Lawrence B. "What made the Tuskegee Airmen ultimately succeed was the ability to overcome the obstacles they faced with hard work and dedication," LaVone Kay, spokesperson for Commemorative Air Force Rise Above, told Fox News Digital. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804557 Battle Creek MI, Miller, Willard B. Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. To read more stories in this unique "Meet the American Who" series from Fox News Digital, click here. Officer T64628 Washington DC, Radcliff, Lloyd L. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842584 New Haven CT, Ragsdale, Lincoln]. Officer T64278 Cleveland OH, Washington, William M. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839092 Chicago IL, Watkins, Edward W. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 Flt. Meet the American who taught the Tuskegee Airmen to fly: Officer T64373 Valley Stream NY, Lynch, Lewis 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835328 Columbus OH, Lynn, Samuel 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817603 Jamaica NY, Macon, Richard D. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821916 Birmingham AL, Manley, Edward E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T70242 Austin TX, Toppins, Edward L. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792425 San Francisco CA, Tresville, Robert B., Jr. 42-K-SE 12/13/1942 2nd Lt. 025761 Bay City TX, Trott, Robert G. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843008 Mt. Officer T70099 Kansas City KS, Gilliam, William L. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T136674 Boston MA, Mosley, John W. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835404 Denver CO, Moss, Richard M. 46-B-SE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Mozee, David M., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T67986 Cleveland OH, Cox, Hannibal M., Jr. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828048 Chicago IL, Craig, Charles E. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. Some 14,000 Tuskegee Airmen served in World War II, including hundreds of its now-legendary fighter pilots. "Chief Anderson was liked and highly respected by his men," Tuskegee University archivist Dana Chandler told Fox News Digital. Officer T70227 Wichita KS, White, Raymond M. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. Officer T67988 Bronx NY, Quander, Charles].,Jr. Market data provided by Factset. Officer T69977 Youngstown OH, Parker, Melvin 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T136691 Merchantville NJ, Tate, Charles W. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811290 Pittsburgh PA, Taylor, Elmer W. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809255 Pittsburgh PA, Taylor, George A. Officer T66402 Brooklyn NY, Warrick, Calvin T. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841278 Elkton MD, Washington, Milton 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804555 Chicago IL, Kirksey, Leeroy 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T70429 Chicago IL, Mulzac, John I. Officer T149987 Boston MA, Briggs, John F. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804546 St. Louis MO, Bright, Alexander M. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0805626 Chicago IL, Broadnax, Samuel L. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 Flt. Tuskegee Airmen - National Museum of African American History 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. William A. CampbellHerbert CarterRaymond CassagnolEugene Calvin Cheatham Jr.Herbert V. ClarkGranville C. CoggsMilton CrenchawWoodrow CrockettLemuel R. Custis 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 Flt. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804561 Terre Haute IN, Surcey, Wayman P. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported the Civilian Pilot Training Program and the War Training Service. "Anderson learned to fly through personal determination. Hardy flew legendary "Red Tail" P-51 Mustang fighter planes in World War II the aircraft earning the name from the crimson rudder that denoted the 332nd Fighter Group. COVID-19 PCR tests required for new andreturning students. Officer T68706 Chillicothe OH, Jones, Edgar L. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814196 New York NY, Jones, Frank D. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. Officer T70547 Fort Worth TX, Garrison, Robert E., Jr. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835408 Columbus OH, Gash, Joseph E. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841258 Denver CO, Gaskins, Aaron C. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843105 Hartford CT, Gay, Thomas L. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821911 Detroit MI, Gibson, John A. The U.S. military was fully integrated 1948, just three years after his Tuskegee Airmen flew their final combat mission. MD, Lyle, John H. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T64636 Cincinnati OH, Goldsby, Charles S. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 Flt. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817595 Plainfield NJ, Blackwell, Hubron R. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811193 Baltimore MD, Blaylock, Joseph 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843000 Albany GA, Blue, Elliott H. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819446 Hampton VA, Bohannon, Horace A. These boys are good pilots. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797219 Newark NJ, Gray, Elliott H. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843236 Tuskegee Inst. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811292 London WV, Thompson, Francis R. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841275 Brooklyn NY, Thompson, James A. Officer T61779 Columbus GA, Williams, Eugene W. 45-E-SE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843108 Roanoke VA, Williams, Herbert 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819452 Los Angeles CA, Williams, James L. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. the Tuskegee Airmen Became Pioneers of Black Military Somebody had to do it, says Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, a 99-year-old member of the renowned Tuskegee Airmen.As the first Black pilots in U.S. military Officer T64247 Gadsden AL, Mitchell, Paul G. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790461 Washington DC, Mitchell, Vincent I. Officer T64279 New York NY, Whittaker, Peter H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824845 Detroit MI, Whyte, James W.,Jr. Officer T69756 Champaign IL, Taylor, Ulysses S. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801177 Kaufman TX, Taylor, William H., Jr. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. Officer T70105 Detroit MI, Simmons, Alphonso 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814207 Jacksonville FL, Simmons, Donehue 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 Flt. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814195 Philadelphia PA, Johnson, Charlie A. Officer T62808 Danville IL, Wilson, Theodore A. Officer T62816 Purcellville VA. Cooper, Charles W. 44-H-SE 9/8/44 Flt. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790453 Tuskegee AL, Carey, Carl E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838025 St. Louis MO, Carpenter, Russell W. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839085 Plainfield NJ, Carroll, Alfred Q., Jr. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814827 Washington DC, Carroll, Lawrence W. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843353 Chicago IL, Carter, Clarence J. Officer T69979 East Orange N], Toatley, Ephraim E.,]r. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841161 Philadelphia PA, Tompkins, William D. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814823 Fall River MA, Toney, Mitchel N. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. It also helped forge a national reputation for the Tuskegee Airmen a reputation that would soon be steeled under fire in the skies over Europe. This Tuskegee Airman Broke Military Barriers and Survived a Plane Ejection. Fun stories about food, relationships, the great outdoors and more. 45-A-TE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841273 New York NY, Scott, Floyd R., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 Flt. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Charles Alfred Anderson Sr. was born on Feb. 9, 1907 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Iverson and Janie Anderson. Officer T67972 Baltimore MD, Parkey, Robert M. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr., better known Ellis, Carl F. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835324 Chicago IL . CHICAGO A Chicago area Tuskegee Airman whose contributions and success altered the course of history has died. Officer T68702 Detroit MI, Craig, Lewis W. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828049 Ashville NC, Criss, Leroy 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 Flt. The first military class of cadets began training at Kennedy Field in August 1941, after Moton Field was completed, primary flight training moved there in September 1941. Woodhouse (LAW55) is one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Americas first all-Black combat flying unit, which flew during World War II. Unit members werent even allowed to be trained alongside white soldiers. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 Flt. Officer T69752 Los Angeles CA, Crockett, Woodrow W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798943 Little Rock AR, Cross, William Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 Flt. Officer T68762 Asheville NC, McClenic, William B., Jr. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811285 Akron OH, McClure, John 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0791538 Kokomo IN, McCreary, Walter L. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798950 San Antonio TX, McCrory, Felix M. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838033 Yuma AZ, McCrumby, George T. 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796265 Fort Worth TX, McCullin, James L. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792442 St. Louis MO, McDaniel, Armour G. 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796266 Martinsville VA, McGarrity, Thomas H. 45-I-SE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 02102014 Chicago IL, McGee, Charles E. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 03 Champaign IL, McGinnis, Faythe A. Officer T67153 Muncie IN, Finley, Clarence C. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841266 Chicago IL, Finley, Otis 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843245 St. Louis MO, Fischer, James H. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T69980 Montclair NJ, Warner, Hugh St. C, lair 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814843 New York NY, Warren, James W. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 Flt. Thats what we admired about him." Officer T64629 Denver CO, Rodgers, Marion R. 44-B-SE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821920 Elizabeth NJ, Rogers, Amos A. Officer T146021 Norfolk VA, Carter, Herbert E. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790454 Amory MS, Carter, James Y 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801163 Winston-Salem NC, Carter, Lloyd A.N. NOTE: This list DOES NOT include the names of all individuals who PARTICIPATED IN the Tuskegee Airmen pilot training program or support operations. Officer T69747 Eggertsville NY, Prather, George L. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. The Mustang pilot spotted the string of Bf-109's heading toward the crippled B-24. Hes still a legend today, skydiving in his 90s and taking friends parasailing on the Gulf of Mexico near his home in Sarasota, Florida. Chicago Areas Last-Known Surviving Member Of Tuskegee will fityour personality. The nickname "Chief" was an accolade accorded the civilian by his Army students. Officer T67154 San Bernardino CA, Hawkins, Kenneth R. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819449 San Bernardino CA, Hawkins, Thomas L. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. She's pictured here in a Piper J-3 Cub trainer with Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson, a pioneer Black aviator and instructor at Tuskegee Institute. The Tuskegee airmen received praise for their excellent combat re Officer T67978 Kansas City KS, Allison, James M. 46-C-TE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102114 Chicago IL, Alsbrook, William N. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814188 Kansas City KS, Alston, William R. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839083 Huntington WV, Anders, Emet R. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838023 Carbondale IL, Anderson, Paul T. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 1st Lt. 01294209 Woodbine NY, Anderson, Rayfield A. He was later hired to be the lead flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in World War II. He's believed to be the first African American commercial pilot in the United States. Officer T70094 Columbus GA, Burch, John A., III 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841255 Indianapolis IN, Burns, Charles A. Officer T66149 Philadelphia PA, Sanderlin, Willis E. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842884 Washington DC, Satterwhite, Harry J. Officer T66406 Whiteville NC, Murray, Louis U. Webpilots in the Tuskegee Airmen story. Officer T67974 Lebanon KY, Spann, Calvin]. Officer T70098 Philadelphia PA, Franklin, Earl N. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842880 Joliet IL, Franklin, George E. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838028 Joliet IL, Freeman, Eldridge E. 45-B-TE 4/15/1945 Flt. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792424 Thomasville GA, Pillow, Robert A., Jr. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. One of the men on the Berlin mission, Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., went on to become the first brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force (formed from the Army Air Corps in 1947). Officer T69741 Los Angeles CA, Hunter, Charles H. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0367472 Washington DC, Hunter, Henry A. "His reputation was that he expected a lot out of us," World War II veteran and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy, 97, told Fox News Digital. Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Chicago areas last surviving Tuskegee (Courtesy CAF Rise Above via U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama). Officer T70107 Muskogee OK, Smith, Robert H. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814208 Baltimore MD, Smith, Thomas W. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 01637362 Washington DC, Elsberry, Joseph D. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792420 Langston OK, Esters, Maurice V. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804550 Webster City IA, Ewing, James 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 Flt. Officer T70103 Atlanta GA, Prewitt, Mexion O. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. (Courtesy CAF Rise Above via U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama). It was a dangerous mission of nearly 1,000 miles each way. AndersonsTuskegee Airmen arrived in Europe in the spring of 1943. Left to right, Richard S. "Rip" Harder, Brooklyn, New York; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, New York; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, Ohio; Wendell M. Lucas, Fairmont Heights, Maryland. Officer T70551 South Bend IN, Lewis, Joe A. Officer T70110 Washington DC, York, Oscar H. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0469633 Los Angeles CA, Young, Albert L. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824847 Memphis TN, Young, Benjamin Jr. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842887 Philadelphia PA, Young, Eddie Lee 46-B-SE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Young, Lee W. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The Tuskegee Airmen have a Despite the carnage inflicted on enemy forces, just 66 Tuskegee Airmen were lost in combat in World War II. Freed by flight, he was soon soaring across the nation. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804559 Jamaica NY, Sherard, Earl S., Jr. 43.:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814837 Columbus OH, Sherman, George 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 Flt. Officer T69753 New Orleans LA, Dickerson, Charles W. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814829 New Rochelle NY, Dickerson, Page L. 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 Flt. Officer T70546 St. Louis MO 00, Dickerson, Tamenund J. Officer T63113 Glen Rock NJ, Hayes, Lee A. Clarence Lucky Lester had a storied career that included shooting down three A once-classified "box score" shows the deadly effect on German forces inflicted by the Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tails." He later flew bombers in Korea and fixed-wing gunships in Vietnam. Adkins, Rutherford H. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838152 Alexandria VA. Their story, however, is more than just their legendary success escorting American bombers over Nazi Percy Heath. (Tuskegee University Archives). 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841162 Indianapolis IN, Anderson, Robert D. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828034 Indianapolis IN, Archer, Lee A., Jr. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809236 New York NY, Armistead, Richard S. A. Officer T70232 Dowagiac MI, Bryant, Leroy Jr. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 Flt. The unit of African American pilots in the segregated Army earned their wings under the tutelage of pioneering pilot Charles A. Anderson. On March 19, 1941, the U.S. War Department established the 99th Pursuit Squadron, which, along with a few other squadrons formed later, became better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Officer T64632 Portland OR, Millett, Joseph H. 44-I-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838157 Los Angeles CA, Mills, Clinton B. How Many Tuskegee Airmen Were There Officer T68752 Tuskegee Inst. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02102098 Ardmore PA, Lucas, Wendell M. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 1st Lt. 0430199 Fairmont Hgts. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809246 Los Angeles CA, Long, Clyde C., Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. (Universal Images Group via Getty Images). Officer T68703 Newark NJ, Goins, Nathaniel W. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 1st Lt. 0582758 St. Paul MN, Golden, Newman C. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T149985 Austin TX, Moore, FIarzell 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. Officer T67973 St. Louis MO, Shults, Lloyd R. 44-D-TE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828044 N. Plainfield NJ, Sidat-Singh, Wilmeth W. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798952 Washington DC, Simeon, Albert B., Jr. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. WebThe Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site was the primary flight training facility for Negro military pilots in Tuskegee during World War II. Tuskegee Airman and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy with children at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex in Sarasota, Florida, in 2013. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T70241 Inkster MI, Temple, Alva N. 43-G-SE 7/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0809256 Carrollton AL, Terry, Kenneth E. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. Officer T70226 Ahoskie NC, Smith, Robert C. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. "But if children believe in themselves, stay focused and work hard, they will overcome obstacles and achieve excellence, just like the Tuskegee Airmen.". Among these, 355 served in active duty during World War Two as fighter pilots. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. (Courtesy CAF Rise Above via U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama). 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807115 Roanoke VA, Winslow, Eugene 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819453 Chicago IL, Winslow, Robert W. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842587 East St. Louis IL, Winston, Charles H., Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Officer T68754 Lynchburg VA, Dowling, Cornelius D. 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01292319 New Rochelle NY, Downs, Walter M. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797218 New Orleans LA, Driver, Clarence N. 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 Flt. Officer T64625 Pittsburgh PA, Harris, Herbert S. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0806279 Philadelphia PA, Harris, James E. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840204 Xenia OH, Harris, John S. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843113 Richmond KY, Harris, Louis K. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830786 St. Louis MO, Harris, Macao A., Jr. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814193 Boston MA, Harris, Richard H. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807096 Montgomery AL, Harris, Stanley L. 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817587 St. Paul MN, Harris, Thomas D., Jr. 45-F-SE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843233 Brooklyn NY, Harrison, Alvin E., Jr. 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 Flt. Officer T144946 East Hampton NY, Hayes, Reginald W. 44-C-TE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824825 Holicong PA, Hays, George K. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830787 Los Angeles CA, Hays, Milton S. 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 2nd Lt. 0828050 Los Angeles CA, Haywood, Vernon V. 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801168 Raleigh NC, Heath, Percy L., Jr. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841159 Philadelphia PA, Helm, George W. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842881 Reidsville NC, Henderson, Eugene R. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839098 Jacksonville FL, Henry, Milton R. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 01636030 Philadelphia PA, Henry, Warren E. 44-H-TE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838037 Plainfield NJ, Henry, William T. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt. They were faster and more maneuverable than anything in the Army Air Corps. Keith, Laurel E. 44-F-TE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 0835319 Cassopolis MI . Legal Statement. Officer T68760 Franklin VA, Wise, Henry A. "I listened to my instructors, I learned a lot and did the best I could. Officer T70561 Oberlin OH, Selden, Wiley W. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 08 Norfolk VA, Sessions, Mansfield L. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842885 Los Angeles CA, Sheats, George H. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842585 New Haven CT, Shepherd, James H. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. The names listed below are the names of all the PILOT GRADUATES from the Tuskegee Flight School.
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