tuskegee

Hey all, It's been a while since I posted here, but I am back. A few years ago, I began a project to honor a Tuskegee Airman from my hometown (Rochester, NY), Flight Officer Leland "Sticks" Pennington. Leland went Missing in Action on 4/21/45. He was flying his P-51 named 'Lucy Gal,' and our...

Tuskegee Airmen. The Red Tails - WWII In Their Own Words. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. During World War II, black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to the Jim Crow laws and the American military was...