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Title: For the record
Post by: Jackal1 on December 15, 2004, 05:14:57 PM

Noticed the other post got out of hand as was put in lock down.
  Can`t expect much else I guess when Tuskegee can`t even be spelled right.
  White, black, yellow , brown or hell, purple with racing stripes...... makes no difference. These guys more than earned their respect and honor.
 They get a large from me for what they did for their country in WWII.
  So........for the record
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The combat record of the Tuskegee Airmen speaks for itself:

    * over 15,000 combat sorties (including 6000+ for the 99th prior to July '44)
    * 111 German airplanes destroyed in the air, another 150 on the ground
    * 950 railcars, trucks, and other motor vehicles destroyed
    * 1 destroyer sunk by P-47 machine gun fire (Lt. Pierson's flight)
    * sixty-six pilots killed in action or accidents
    * thirty-two pilots downed and captured, POWs
    * NO bombers lost while being escorted by the 332nd, a unique achievement
    * 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses earned
    * 744 Air Medals
    * 8 Purple Hearts
    * 14 Bronze Stars

The following is a summary of the combat record for the four squadrons of the 332nd Fighter Group. The list includes each pilot's name and official credit for enemy aircraft destroyed.

99th Fighter Sqn

Edward L. Toppins, 4
Charles B. Hall, 3
Leonard M. Jackson, 3

Clarence W. Allen, 0.5
Willie Ashley, Jr., 1
Charles P. Bailey, 1
Howard L. Baugh, 1
Thomas P. Braswell, 1
William A. Campbell, 1
John W. Davis, 1
Lemuel L. Curtis, 1
Robert W. Dier, 2
Elwood T. Driver, 1
Wilson V. Eagleson, 2
James L. Hall, 1
Clinton B. Mills, 1
Daniel L. Rich, 1
Leon C. Roberts, 1
Lewis C. Smith, 1
Hugh J. White, 1
100th Fighter Sqn

Raul W. Bell, 1
Charles V. Brantley, 1
John F. Briggs, 1
Roscoe C. Browne, 2
Richard W. Hall, 1
Jack D. Hosclaw, 2
Carl E. Johnson, 1
Langdon E. Johnson, 1
Earl R. Lane, 2
Clarence D. Lester, 2
John H. Lyle, 1
Walter J.A. Palmer, 1
George M. Rhodes, Jr., 1
Robert W. Williams, 2
Bertram W. Wilson, Jr. 1
301st Fighter Sqn

Joseph D. Elsberry, 3

Carl E. Corey, 2
John E. Edwards, 2
James H. Fischer, 1
Frederick D. Funderburg, 2
Alfred M. Gorham, 2
Claude Govan, 1
Thomas W. Jefferson, 2
Jimmy Lanham, 2
Armour G. McDaniel, 1
Walter P. Manning, 1
Harold M. Morris, 1
William S. Price, III, 1
Harold E. Sawyer, 1
Harry T. Stewart, 2
Charles L. White, 2
302nd Fighter Sqn

Lee A. Archer, 4.5
Wendell O. Pruitt, 3
Roger Romaine, 3

Milton P. Brooks, 1
Charles W. Bussey, 1
Edward C. Gleed, 2
William W. Green, Jr., 2
Weldon K. Groves, 1
William L. Hill, 1
Freddie F. Hutchins, 1
Melvin T. Jackson, 1
Felix J. Kirkpatrick, 1
Charles E. McGee, 1
Luther H. Smith, Jr., 2
Robert H. Smith, 2
William H. Thomas, 1
Hugh S. Warner, 1
Luke J. Weather, Jr., 2
Laurence D. Wilkins, 1

Title: For the record
Post by: Pooh21 on December 15, 2004, 05:18:13 PM

S!

Title: For the record
Post by: RedTop on December 15, 2004, 05:26:35 PM

Those guys were really amazing. <>'s to em ALL.

Title: For the record
Post by: Howitzer on December 15, 2004, 06:26:38 PM

Yes to those guys.. but take it easy on the folks who spelt the name wrong... alot of these guys can't even spell their own name right :D

Title: For the record
Post by: Kaz on December 16, 2004, 07:04:38 AM

You have to excuse SLO he's not right in his head :D :rofl

BTW SLO I was on Sunday guess you couldn't make it, lemme know when you can.