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B.C. Auchincloss

B.C. Auchincloss. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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R.W. Abernathy

R.W. Abernathy. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (right) takes command of the 477th Composite Group, June 1945. At the far left is his father, the Army’s first black general. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

The 99th Fighter Squadron’s orderly room staff. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

An armorer inspects ammunition in a red-tailed P-51’s 50-cal. machine guns. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

The 332nd Fighter Group flew 200 escort missions. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

332nd Fighter Group pilots discuss combat flying. Their P-51 Mustangs, like the one here, were well-suited to long bomber escort missions. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

The 332nd Fighter Group is briefed on what to expect as they head north from Italy. The briefer is Lt. (later Col.) Edward Gleed. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

99th Fighter Squadron pilots study a map. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee Airmen made it to the fight in the spring of 1943. They first flew P-40s like the one here. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Capt. Charles B. Hall

Capt. Charles B. Hall, the first Tuskegee Airman to shoot down an enemy plane, is congratulated by Maj. Gen. John Kenneth Cannon. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

332nd Fighter Group pilots give their full attention to a pre-mission briefing. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Capt. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

Capt. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. briefs his pilots. He was known as a strict disciplinarian who saw performance as the best reply to racism. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Graduation at Tuskegee. The school produced 992 pilots during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Advanced instruction turned student pilots into fighter pilots at Tuskegee. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee students talk about flying their Stearman biplanes. At far left is Capt. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Pilot trainees get physical instruction at Tuskegee Army Air Field. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Armorers and other ground personnel were trained at Chanute Field, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen

Cadets are welcomed to Army Air Corps training in front of the Booker T. Washington monument at Tuskegee Institute, August 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Maj. George S. Roberts

Maj. George S. “Spanky” Roberts at the controls of a P-51 Mustang. Roberts was the first African American accepted for U.S. Army pilot training. He later commanded the 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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