NEGRO PILOTS Part 1

Description

Summary: Start of first negro pilot training at Tuskegee, Alabama, and scenes at Oseoda, Michigan training center. Negro pilots flying BT-13's and P-40's. Activity of first negro pursuit squadron in Italy during World War II. 1) MS group of five negro pilots standing near a plane at Tuskegee, Alabama. 2) MS cadets and instructor walk to BT-13's. 3) PS BT-13 take-off. 4) PS three BT-13 in formation. 5) PS single BT-13 flying. 6) MPS landing, same. 7) MS pilot at Oseoda, Michigan training center. 8) MS loading guns and attaching bombs. 9) MS P-40 taxiing. 10) PS P-40 take-off. 11) PS P-40 in aerial formation. 12) PS P-40's diving, strafing and skipbombing. 13) PS P-40 landing. 14) PS negro fighter squadron in Italy. 15) MS pilots of P-40, 1st negro pursuit squadron. 16) MS briefing of pilots. 17) MS P-401s taxiing. 18) MS take-off. 19) PS aerial formation P-40's. 20)PS P-40 dive bombing. 21) LS explosions from dive bomb runs. 22) PS P-40's landing. Good (Basic: dup neg)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities