Tuskegee Airmen 99th Fighter Squadron Uniform Patch circa 1943

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Tuskegee Airmen 99th Fighter Squadron Uniform Patch circa 1943

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World War II uniform patch of the Tuskegee Airmen 99th Fighter Squadron

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W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th

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The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee ...