Training aircraft used by Tuskegee Institute
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1944
name: label: Subject of
content: Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916
label: Used by
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Maycie Herrington, American, 1918 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Paul Adams, American, 1920 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Charles E. McGee, American, 1919 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Nancy Leftenant-Colon, American, born 1920
label: Subject of
content: Wilbur Mason, American, 1924 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Samuel Wesley Henderson, American, 1921 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Cyril O. Bryon, American, 1920 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: George M. Boyd, American, 1926 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: William J. Childs, American, 1923 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Alexander Jefferson, American, 1921 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: LeRoy Eley, American, 1927 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: O. Oliver Goodall, American, 1922 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Charles A. Lane, American, 1925 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Thurston L. Gaines Jr., American, 1922 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Lee A. Archer Jr., American, 1919 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Earl Martin, American, 1924 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Franklin J. Macon, American, 1923 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Rusty Burns, American, 1925 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Asa D. Herring Jr., American, 1926 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: James E. Randall, American, 1926 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: William H. Holloman III, American, 1924 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Robert Holts, American, 1924 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Bev Dunjill, American, 1927 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Leonard Hall, American, 1926 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Fitzroy Newsum, American, 1918 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: James Harvey, American, born 1923
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, American, 1922 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Samuel C. Hunter Jr., American, 1919 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Leo R. Gray, American, 1924 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Quentin Smith, American, 1918 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Oscar C. Gadson Jr., American, 1919 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: James C. Warren, American, 1923 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Robert Ashby, American, 1926 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Claude R. Platte Jr., American, 1921 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Milton Williams Jr., American, 1922 - 2017
notes: label: Caption
content: A vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.
label: Description
content: The body of the PT-13D Stearman Kaydet aircraft is painted blue and the wings are painted yellow. The tail is yellow with red and white stripes. The numbers "18303" are white and located on the left and right sides of fuselage. "Spirit of Tuskegee" is printed in red and located on the left and right sides of engine cowl. There are two stars located on either side of the top wing. The stars are white within a black circle. Within the white stars are red circles. On the cargo cover are the signatures of 36 former Tuskegee Airmen.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Vehicles
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.82.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: training aircraft
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.82.1): 114 × 386 × 300 in. (289.6 × 980.4 × 762 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.82.2 baggage claim door): 21 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (54.6 × 78.1 × 7 cm)