Ka-Boom! Impact Of 1944 Vesuvius Eruption On USAAF
In 2012 when Darcy Castro interviewed our blog subject – Harold “Red” Kempffer – he talked about the effects the March 18-23 1944 eruption of
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HERE’S A QUICK WASP HISTORY FOR YOU
THE WASP OF WORLD WAR II By Sarah Byrn Rickman, WASP author and historian In 1942, as America struggled to arm itself for war, the
National Aviation Hall of Fame Award Goes to CAF Rise Above Program
THE NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME’S 2020 COMBS-GATES AWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE (CAF) RISE ABOVE November 12, 2020, Dayton, Ohio – The
RISE ABOVE: WASP Topaz Film Online Screening
A “hometown” honor for the aviation documentary film Rise Above: WASP has been selected to be screened during 2020 Topaz Film Festival. The Commemorative Air
Della J. Bassette
Mencie Trotter, Class of 1940 and future instructor at the school, Louise Lomax, Class of 1942, and Della Bassette, Class of 1941, were three of
Clifton Eugene Brooks Sr.
Visiting with West Virginia’s last living Tuskegee Airman You can trust a secret to Clifton E. Brooks Sr. Information that Clifton decoded back in the
Vernon V. Haywood
Class 43-D-SE 4/29/1943 2nd Lt. 0801168 Raleigh, NC Unit: 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group October 24, 1920 – April 14, 2003 Vernon
George Mills Boyd
June 23, 1926 – June 21, 2018 Born in Teaneck, NJ, and passed away in Wichita, KS “We didn’t even know what a Tuskegee Airman
William N. Alsbrook
2nd Lt. William Noel Alsbrook January 31, 1916-January 5, 1998 Class: 43-I-SE Graduation Date: 10/1/1943 Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron Service # 0814188 Visit our Virtual
Theodore Johnson
Theodore Johnson March 22, 1924 1 February 16, 2020 Theodore Johnson made a mark on history as a Tuskegee Airman, but he didn’t talk much about his experiences until