Tuskegee Airmen: A WW2 Pilot's Story
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Is There a Full Complement of Fighter Squadrons?
I arrived late in the war. I arrived at the very beginning, january of 19 forty five. The squadrons that talking about the full complement of the fighter squadrons that were blackfighter squadrons over there at the time. That goes back to may of 19 forty four. And tell me about your first operational sorti well, that was very interesting. It was a real panorama in the sky with the bombers just coming and going and stretched out for miles in the sky. And you encountered the enemy. Of course. We encountered flack. Flack was being fired at the anti aircraft guns, principally at the bombers there. But our principal job was to protect the bombers from
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