A B-25 crew consults a flight plan in April, 1945, prior to a training mission

A B-25 waist gunner handles the .50 caliber machine gun

Tuskegee Airmen exiting the parachute room at Ramitelli, Italy. March 1945. From left: Richard S. “Rip” Harder, Brooklyn, Class 44-B; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines

Address of welcome to Army Air Corps cadets in front of Booker T. Washington Monument on the grounds of Tuskegee Institute

An undated photo shows (far left) 1st Lt. Ramon F. Noches with other two Tuskegee Airmen, assigned to the 477th Bomb Group Godman Field, Fort

Mechanics of the 99th Pursuit Squadron inspect the engine of a BT-13 Valiant trainer aircraft at the new U.S. Army Flying

Buses transporting cadets from Tuskegee Institute to Moton Field, Alabama

Cadets by Carver Museum, Tuskegee Institute

On April 13th of 1945 the 101 black officers who had been confined at Freeman Field for refusing to sign a regulation requiring two separate