Subscribe to watch video of Tuskegee Airmen – Part 2: The Enemy Within

Criticism of the 99th's overseas combat record was instantaneous and virulent. After only a few months in combat, the Commander of the 12th Air Support Command assailed the performance of the Black pilots.  "Officers of all professions,” he said, felt that "the Negro type has not the proper reflexes to make a first-class fighter pilot.”

(606)

Category:

Military/Aviation