Combat Record for Tuskegee Airmen -- Combat Record for Tuskegee Airmen -- Tuskegee Airmen NHS, Tuskegee AL
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A sign of history in hangar 2 with the Combat Record of the Tuskegee Airmen
Waymark Code: WMWHJV
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2017
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This large panel in Hanger 2 at the Tuskegee Airmen NHS atTuskegee AL reads as follows:
"Combat record for the Tuskegee airmen
1578 total missions
72 pilots shot down
112 enemy aircraft
66 pilots killed in action
32 taken as prisoners of war
13 pilots reported missing in action"
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Moton Field
Tuskegee, AL
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