United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd
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Variants
Fighting Redtails
Red Tails
Redtails
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 12th. Fighter Group, 332nd
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th. Fighter Group, 332nd
Tuskegee Airmen
332d Fighter Group (United States. Army Air Forces)
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Sources
found: The Fighting Redtails, 1978:t.p. (Fighting Redtails, America's first Black airmen) CIP galley, ch. 1, etc. (The Black 332d Fighter Group started at Tuskegee in 1943 under the command of Col. Davis; escorted the 12th U.S. Army Air Force; in May 1944 the 332d Fighter Group began escorting the 15th U.S. Army Air Force; disbanded in 1945)
found: Who is Chauncey Spencer?, c1975:p. 54 (332d Fighter Group) p. 129 (332d also known as Red Tails because tail surfaces painted red)
found: Army almanac, 1950,p. 453 (under U.S. Army Air Forces, Fighter Groups: 332d)
found: Air Force combat units of World War II, 1961,p. 212-213 (332d Fighter Group constituted 7/4/42; activated 10/13/42; operated with 12th & 15th U.S. Army Air Forces; inactivated 10/19/45; activated 7/1/47; inactivated 7/1/49)
found: Nightfighters, c1996:container (332nd Fighter Group; Tuskegee Airmen)
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Change Notes
1978-08-11: new
2021-11-09: revised
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