Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II / J. Todd Moye.

Title:

ISBN:

9780195386554

Personal Author:

Moye, J. Todd

Publication Information:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Physical Description:

vii, 241 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents:

Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- The use of Negro manpower in war -- The Black Eagles take flight -- The experiment -- Combat on several fronts -- The trials of the 477th -- Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around".

Corporate Subject:

United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd.

United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th.

United States. Army Air Forces. Composite Group, 477th.

United States. Army Air Forces -- African American troops.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories--United States

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns--Europe

World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American

African American air pilots -- History.

Black air pilots -- History