Photo of Perry Dillman, an instructor for the Red Tails

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26 July 1945: Pilot training continued at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, despite the fact the war in Europe had ended. A Tuskegee cadet, Perry A. Dillman, crashed in his AT-6C training aircraft near Tallassee, Alabama. (Aircraft record card for aircraft serial number 42-48885, provided by Archangelo Difante).