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Engine school. it ended right there. >> the 99th became part of the 332 fighter group, stationed in italy. their mission? bomber escort. >> they didn't 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 were targets for enemy fighters that could reach speeds well over 300 miles per hour.

Another aircraft called p 39 not much of a combat aircraft. just four machine guns, two on each wing and a cannon in the nose. and the gas tank, no gas and a terrible airplane it wasn't good for air to air combat. so the 47 really a rugged aircraft. and can make a pretty big hole. >> i think that most untold story in the most important of the tuskegee experience is work of the mechanics. they would take a airplane and say you're fixing this one. there was no time to go to engine school.

Another aircraft called p 39 not much of a combat aircraft. just four machine guns, two on each wing and a cannon in the nose. and the gas tank, no gas and a terrible airplane it wasn't good for air to air combat. so the 47 really a rugged aircraft. and can make a pretty big hole. >> i think that most untold story in the most important of the tuskegee experience is work of the mechanics. they would take a airplane and say you're fixing this one. there was no time to go to engine school.

Another aircraft called p 39 not much of a combat aircraft. just four machine guns, two on each wing and a cannon in the nose. and the gas tank, no gas and a terrible airplane it wasn't good for air to air combat. so the 47 really a rugged aircraft. and can make a pretty big hole. >> i think that most untold story in the most important of the tuskegee experience is work of the mechanics. they would take a airplane and say you're fixing this one. there was no time to go to engine school.