United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th
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Fighting Redtails Red Tails Redtails United States. Army Air Forces. Air Squadron, 99th United States. Army Air Forces. Pursuit Squadron, 99th Tuskegee Airmen United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 33rd. Fighter Squadron, 99th United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd. Fighter Squadron, 99th
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Sources
found: Halliburton, W. The Fighting Redtails, 1978 (subj.) t.p. (Fighting Redtails, America's first Black airmen) CIP galley, ch. 1, etc. (99th Pursuit Squadron; history of Black men flying for U.S. Army Air Force began at Tuskegee Inst. 7/19/41; became 1st Pursuit Squadron at the airbase 8/24/42, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., commander; also called the 99th Fighter Group, the Fighting Red Tails or Red Tails, because tail surfaces of aircraft bright red; also called 99th Fighter Squadron)
found: Spencer, C. E. Who is Chauncey Spencer? c1975: p. 138 (99th Pursuit Squadron activated 3/22/41 at Tuskegee Sub-Depot, AL)
found: Army almanac, 1950, p. 230 & 453 (under U.S. Army Air Forces, Bombardment Groups: 99th)
found: Maurer, M. Combat squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, 1969: p. 329 (99th Fighter Squadron; constituted 99th Pursuit Squadron 3/19/41; activated 3/22/41; assigned to various commands & groups; redesignated 99th Fighter Squadron 5/15/42; inactivated 7/1/49)
found: Johnson, H.C. The Fighting 99th Air Squadron, 1941-45, c1987: p. 3 (hdg. on memo, 1/8/42: 99th Pursuit Squadron) p. 15 (hdg. on memo, 8/7/43: 99th Fighter Squadron) p. 23 (consolidated with 332d [Fighter] Group after Jan. 1944)
found: Germany's black holocaust, 1890-1945, c2003: p. 60 (99th Pursuit Squadron; known as the Tuskegee Airmen)
found: United States Army Air Forces in World War II WWW Home page, Feb. 27, 2004: (99th Fighter Squadron part of the 332nd Fighter Group from 1944-1945)
found: World War II in Europe, 1999: p. 652 (99th Pursuit Squadron was assigned to the 33rd Fighter Group in 1943; its success led to the June, 1944, formation of the 332nd Fighter Group)
Editorial Notes
- [The following heading for an earlier name is a valid AACR 2 heading: United States. Army Air Forces. Pursuit Squadron, 99th.]
Change Notes
1978-08-11: new
2009-03-04: revised
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