Hello, I am Kelly E from Mr.Sal’s period six class.

The Tuskegee Airmen were a large group of well educated African Americans who were part of a experiment to see if African Americans could fly. This was a large leap for African Americans during this time. The men were brought to Tuskegee, Alabama to start their training for flying. All of the men worked hard towards their goals of becoming pilots for America in the war. Some walked out, others had flying accidents, but the ones who got past the training got to go to war.

They were stationed in North Africa first doing recon and bombing. The white man of America did not want the Tuskegee Airmen in their war, and said they had many offenses. The people who were in charge of the men defended them from this false accusation, and kept them in the war.

After a while the Men were redeployed into the European theater. This was their chance to prove African Americans could do just as well as white pilots. When on a mission they saved a bomber that was in distress, and this proved they could do more than just bomb. They could escort bombers.

The white men in the air force were not happy about the Tuskegee flying with them. They said the bomber they saved was just a chance thing, and it was obviously not them who did it. The Tuskegee ignored this, and waited for a chance to prove themselves to show what they were really made of.

In time the Tuskegee were asked to escort bombers. They protected every bomber they were assigned to, and they never lost a single bomber to enemy planes. This changed the view of the people who flew with the Tuskegee Airmen. The men won many metals for their bravery during the war. This helped the African Americans at home by giving them hope of something more for their people.