Tuskegee Airmen - Los Angeles, CA
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N 33° 56.122 W 118° 22.687
11S E 372633 N 3755844
One of several memorials at the Proud Bird in Los Angeles, California.
Waymark Code: WM16NM6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2022
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The monument says, "Prior to World War II, black Americans were totally excluded from careers in military aviation. However, during this war approximately one thousand hand picked African Americans completed pilot training at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Tuskegee, Alabama, as part of a "Separate Air Corps".
450 of these men were assigned as fighter pilots to the 99th fighter squadron and the 332nd fighter group with the 12th and 15th air forces, serving first in north Africa and later in Ramitelli, Italy. They wrote a unique chapter in American aviation history as they helped to defeat the German Luftwaffe. Their story is a story of courage daring and remarkable achievement flying f-39's, f-40's, f-47's and p-51's mustangs' (redtail), they never lost a bomber to enemy fighter interdiction.
in 1500 missions, they destroyed or damaged over 400 enemy aircraft and sank an enemy destroyer with machine gun fire. 66 Tuskegee airmen died in combat and over 150 airmen were awarded the distinguished flying cross.
It is to all Tuskegee airmen that this monument is dedicated"
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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