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Unevade. 99th squadron was instrumental in their success. >> did anybody stop by and say, well done guys? no. we had 33rd fighter group, but they didnt welcome us. >> oliver: they spent the rest of the summer on escort missions defending attack bias german aircraft. >> the days victory was bitter sweet. sherman wright and one other was killed in a midair collision. they were called to support the allied invasion of cicely. >> they didnt have long range

Millimeter cannon in the nose. the engine was behind you. it was a terrible airplane. >> it wasnt good to air to tear combat. so they did the p-37 eggs court. >> it was rugged aircraft. >> i think most untold story and most important of the tuskegee experience the work of the mechanics. they were literally taking new airplanes and say you are fixing this one. there was no time to go off to engine school and did it right there. >> in july of 44, they became part of the fighter group. the four squ...

Engine school. it ended right there. >> the 99th became part of the 332 fighter group, stationed in italy. their mission? bomber escort. >> they didnt realize they were being escorted by black pilots. you looked over and you saw someone wearing an oxygen mask. a helmet. gloves. >> tra teethic bombing took place day and night, involving hundreds of aircraft dropping thousands of tons of bombs behind the front lines. american b 24s to bomb by daylight. and massive formations along over 200 miles p...

It ended right there. >> the 99th became part of the 332 fighter group, stationed in italy. their mission? bomber escort. >> they didnt realize they were being escorted by black pilots. you looked over and you saw someone wearing an oxygen mask. a helmet. gloves. >> tra teethic bombing took place day and night, involving hundreds of aircraft dropping thousands of tons of bombs behind the front lines. american b 24s to bomb by daylight. and massive formations along over 200 miles per hour. they w...

It ended right there. >> the 99th became part of the 332 fighter group, stationed in italy. their mission? bomber escort. >> they didnt realize they were being escorted by black pilots. you looked over and you saw someone wearing an oxygen mask. a helmet. gloves. >> tra teethic bombing took place day and night, involving hundreds of aircraft dropping thousands of tons of bombs behind the front lines. american b 24s to bomb by daylight. and massive formations along over 200 miles per hour. they w...

It ended right there. >> the 99th became part of the 332 fighter group, stationed in italy. their mission? bomber escort. >> they didnt realize they were being escorted by black pilots. you looked over and you saw someone wearing an oxygen mask. a helmet. gloves. >> tra teethic bombing took place day and night, involving hundreds of aircraft dropping thousands of tons of bombs behind the front lines. american b 24s to bomb by daylight. and massive formations along over 200 miles per hour. they w...