HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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The 101st Airborne Division
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The Steel Legion
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The Tuskegee Airmen
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The 501st
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Detailed explanation-1: -The famous “Tuskegee Airmen” of the 332nd Fighter Group became part of the 15th Air Force, escorting American bombers as they flew over Italy. As escorts, flying P-47s and later P-51s, they were responsible for protecting larger bombers from German fighter planes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tuskegee Airmen /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ were a group of African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Detailed explanation-3: -At least 27 bombers under Tuskegee Airmen escort were shot down by enemy airplanes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Into Combat-Benjamin O. Davis led the Tuskegee airmen during World War II in air combat over North Africa and Italy and long-range bomber escort missions over Nazi Germany. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is linked directly to the life and career of Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. During their years of operation, 1940 to 1946, 996 pilots were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field.