Freedom flyers
Subtitle: the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
By: J. Todd Moye.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195386554
Subjects: 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; 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: "This is where you sit"; title: The use of Negro manpower in war; title: The Black Eagles take flight; title: The experiment; title: Combat on several fronts; title: The trials of the 477th; title: Integrating the Air Force; title: Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around".