The Lonely Eagles

Start of first negro pilot training at Tuskegee, Alabama, and scenes at Oseoda, Michigan training center. Negro pilots flying BT-13's and P-40's. Activity of first negro pursuit squadron in Italy during World War II. 1) MS group of five negro pilots standing near a plane at Tuskegee, Alabama. 2) MS cadets and instructor walk to BT-13's. 3) PS BT-13 take-off. 4) PS three BT-13 in formation. 5) PS single BT-13 flying. 6) MPS landing, same. 7) MS pilot at Oseoda, Michigan training center. 8) MS loading guns and attaching bombs. 9) MS P-40 taxiing. 10) PS P-40 take-off. 11) PS P-40 in aerial formation. 12) PS P-40's diving, strafing and skipbombing. 13) PS P-40 landing. 14) PS negro fighter squadron in Italy. 15) MS pilots of P-40, 1st negro pursuit squadron. 16) MS briefing of pilots. 17) MS P-401s taxiing. 18) MS take-off. 19) PS aerial formation P-40's. 20)PS P-40 dive bombing. 21) LS explosions from dive bomb runs. 22) PS P-40's landing. Good (Basic: dup neg)

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947- (Most Recent)
Series: Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities, 1947 - 1984
Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 65458
Local Identifier: 342-USAF-17163

National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/65458

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