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The Tuskegee Airmen served in three units. The first unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, was activated at Chanute Field on March 19, 1941. They transferred to Tuskegee in June 1941 where they received pilot training. The unit had 47 white officers and 429 enlisted men. By mid-1942 nearly 3,000 white and Black personnel were stationed at Tuskegee Army Air Field. The African American personnel was placed under the command of Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., one of only two Blackline officers serving in the Army.

In April 1943, the 99th was deemed ready for combat and was transferred to North Africa where it was assigned to the 33rd Fighter Group. It first saw action on May 30, 1943, when the squadron attacked the small island of Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea. The air strikes led the Italian population on the island to surrender to Allied forces on June 11. The 99th moved on to Sicily where it continued to fly combat missions.

The 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons, composed of Tuskegee-trained pilots, first saw combat in February 1944. The 99th Fighter Squadron was transferred to the 332nd Fighter Group under the command of Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., on May 1, 1944. They received P-51 Mustang fighters marked by red paint on the tail section of their aircraft, the pilots of the 332nd became known as the Red Tails. A third group of Tuskegee Airmen were trained in the US to operate B-25 bombers. They were organized as the 477th Bombardment Group in 1943. The Tuskegee Airmen flew 15,533 combat sorties on 1,578 missions during WWII. Fifty-five airmen were credited with destroying 112 German aircraft in the air.

The Airmen received three Distinguished Unit Citations. The 99th Pursuit Squadron’s first citation was awarded for its bombing and strafing of the enemy-controlled airfield at Pantelleria, Italy between May 30 and June 11, 1943. The second citation was awarded to the 99th Fighter Squadron for successful air strikes against Monte Cassino. The 332 Fighter Group received a citation for participating in the longest bomber escort mission in WWII when US planes attacked Berlin from bases in Italy on March 24, 1945. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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I rescue Chanute Airfield from near bankruptcy!

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Curtiss P-40C Warhawk '160 / 10AB' (N80FR) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: This was the first UK appearance by TFC's new P-40C. It is painted (or should that be 'polished') to represent '39-160' as flown by the 10th Airbase Sqn based at Chanute Field. After brief US serivce as '41-13357', this aircraft went to Russia under the lease-lend agreement. It was recovered from Russia and eventually restored in the US. Seen taxiing in after a lunchtime airtest at the 2014 Flying Legends Airshow held at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 12-7-2014

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Let's Play Parkitect Ep 6 Financial Disaster

The park’s financial situation is grim.

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Curtiss P-36C Hawk ‘PA-50’ (NX80FR) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 12624. US Army Air Corps serial ’38-210’. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen in their home of Hangar 2 (south) at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 22-8-2015 The following info on the P-36 is from the Flying Legends website:- “This is last Curtiss P-36C constructed Serial No. 38-210. Built in 1939 and delivered to Selfridge Field, Michigan in May 1939. She participated in the 1939 Cleveland Air Races in September 1939 with experimental camouflage. She participated in the War Games at Maxwell Field following the Air Races. She was sent to Wright Patterson for testing in 1940 and then on to serve with several different squadrons on the U.S. East Coast. In 1942 she was sent to Chanute Technical Training Command for a few months, thereafter she was labelled obsolete and flown to Buckley field in Colorado. She was put into a Tech School following her decommission and was later acquired by a Pratt & Whitney Tech instructor from Canada, where she resided until a Florida collector acquired it and passed her on to The Fighter Collection more than a decade ago. The restoration commenced some four years ago, under the leadership of Matt Nightingale at Chino, California when sufficient original parts capable of overhaul were recovered to ensure that the aircraft could be completed to fly. Steve Hinton carried out the shakedown flights and the FAA certified P-36C made it first public appearances at the 2015 Planes of Fame Airshow, in unique flights with the Museum’s Sikorsky P-35 in similar markings.”

#P-36 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-40C Warhawk '160 / 10AB' (N80FR) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: This was the first UK appearance by TFC's new P-40C. It is painted (or should that be 'polished') to represent '39-160' as flown by the 10th Airbase Sqn based at Chanute Field. After brief US serivce as '41-13357', this aircraft went to Russia under the lease-lend agreement. It was recovered from Russia and eventually restored in the US. It is seen displaying at the 2014 Flying Legends Airshow held at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 12-7-2014

#P-40 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-36C Hawk ‘PA-50’ (G-CIXJ) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 12624. US Army Air Corps serial ’38-210’. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen taxiing in after displaying at the 2016 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 10th July 2016. The following info on the P-36 is from the Flying Legends website:- “This is last Curtiss P-36C constructed Serial No. 38-210. Built in 1939 and delivered to Selfridge Field, Michigan in May 1939. She participated in the 1939 Cleveland Air Races in September 1939 with experimental camouflage. She participated in the War Games at Maxwell Field following the Air Races. She was sent to Wright Patterson for testing in 1940 and then on to serve with several different squadrons on the U.S. East Coast. In 1942 she was sent to Chanute Technical Training Command for a few months, thereafter she was labelled obsolete and flown to Buckley field in Colorado. She was put into a Tech School following her decommission and was later acquired by a Pratt & Whitney Tech instructor from Canada, where she resided until a Florida collector acquired it and passed her on to The Fighter Collection more than a decade ago. The restoration commenced some four years ago, under the leadership of Matt Nightingale at Chino, California when sufficient original parts capable of overhaul were recovered to ensure that the aircraft could be completed to fly. Steve Hinton carried out the shakedown flights and the FAA certified P-36C made it first public appearances at the 2015 Planes of Fame Airshow, in unique flights with the Museum’s Sikorsky P-35 in similar markings.”

#P-36 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-40C Warhawk '160 / 10AB' (G-CIIO) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 16161. Full US Military serial '41-13357'. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen during 2016 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 10th July 2016. The following info is taken from the TFC website:- "One of 2 P-40Cs acquired from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s by The Fighter Collection, 41-13357 was in much worse shape than the other (41-13390). 41-13357 was accepted by the USAAC on 6th April 1941, where it went on to serve at Patterson Field, Ohio. After recording around 100 hours there, it was shipped to Puerto Rico. While stationed there is presumed that our P-40C was used for coastal and anti-submarine patrols. Having amassed 603 hours, it was returned to the Curtiss Factory in Buffalo, New York, where it was overhauled for the Lend-Lease programme with the Soviet Union. The P-40C was then duly shipped to the USSR in December 1941. The history past this point is still relatively unknown. During the restoration it was decided to finish the aircraft in the scheme of a P-40 based at Chanute Field, Illinois. Our aircraft wears the scheme of 39-159, a P-40C that was stripped of it’s olive drab camouflage paint and used as a personal ‘hack’ for base commanders. The restoration culminated on the 5th August 2011 when aircraft (now registered N80FR) had it’s first post restoration flight in the hands of Steve Hinton. The aircraft was shipped from Chino to Duxford during May/June 2014, in time for Flying Legends 2014 where it made it’s UK debut."

#P-40 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-36C Hawk ‘PA-50’ (NX80FR) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 12624. US Army Air Corps serial ’38-210’. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen in their home of Hangar 2 (south) at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 22-8-2015 The following info on the P-36 is from the Flying Legends website:- “This is last Curtiss P-36C constructed Serial No. 38-210. Built in 1939 and delivered to Selfridge Field, Michigan in May 1939. She participated in the 1939 Cleveland Air Races in September 1939 with experimental camouflage. She participated in the War Games at Maxwell Field following the Air Races. She was sent to Wright Patterson for testing in 1940 and then on to serve with several different squadrons on the U.S. East Coast. In 1942 she was sent to Chanute Technical Training Command for a few months, thereafter she was labelled obsolete and flown to Buckley field in Colorado. She was put into a Tech School following her decommission and was later acquired by a Pratt & Whitney Tech instructor from Canada, where she resided until a Florida collector acquired it and passed her on to The Fighter Collection more than a decade ago. The restoration commenced some four years ago, under the leadership of Matt Nightingale at Chino, California when sufficient original parts capable of overhaul were recovered to ensure that the aircraft could be completed to fly. Steve Hinton carried out the shakedown flights and the FAA certified P-36C made it first public appearances at the 2015 Planes of Fame Airshow, in unique flights with the Museum’s Sikorsky P-35 in similar markings.”

#P-36 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk '10AB160' (G-CIIO) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 16161. US Army Air Corps serial ’41-13357’. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen in their home of Hangar 2 (south) at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 22-8-2015 The following info on the P-40 is from the Flying Legends website:- "P-40C 41-13357 served with the Army Air Corps from April 1941 to December 1941. In December she was sent to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend Lease program. This P-40C was finished as P-40 39-159 which was used by the Technical Training Command at Chanute Field, Illinois, U.S.A in 1940. The badge on the side of the aircraft “Sustineo Alas” translates to “Keep Them Flying” and was applied to most of the Training aircraft at Chanute Field."

#P-40 #aircraft

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The Hanger Shops at Chanute Airfield

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Curtiss P-40C Warhawk '160 / 10AB' (G-CIIO) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 16161. Full US Military serial '41-13357'. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection, she is seen taking off at the 2017 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 8th July 2017. The following info is from the TFC website:- "One of 2 P-40Cs acquired from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s by The Fighter Collection, 41-13357 was in much worse shape than the other (41-13390). 41-13357 was accepted by the USAAC on 6th April 1941, where it went on to serve at Patterson Field, Ohio. After recording around 100 hours there, it was shipped to Puerto Rico. While stationed there is presumed that our P-40C was used for coastal and anti-submarine patrols. Having amassed 603 hours, it was returned to the Curtiss Factory in Buffalo, New York, where it was overhauled for the Lend-Lease programme with the Soviet Union. The P-40C was then duly shipped to the USSR in December 1941. The history past this point is still relatively unknown. During the restoration it was decided to finish the aircraft in the scheme of a P-40 based at Chanute Field, Illinois. Our aircraft wears the scheme of 39-159, a P-40C that was stripped of it’s olive drab camouflage paint and used as a personal ‘hack’ for base commanders. The restoration culminated on the 5th August 2011 when aircraft (now registered N80FR) had it’s first post restoration flight in the hands of Steve Hinton. The aircraft was shipped from Chino to Duxford during May/June 2014, in time for Flying Legends 2014 where it made it’s UK debut."

#P-40 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-40C Warhawk '160 / 10AB' (G-CIIO) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 16161. Full US Military serial '41-13357'. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection, she is seen on the flightline at the 2017 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 8th July 2017. The following info is from the TFC website:- "One of 2 P-40Cs acquired from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s by The Fighter Collection, 41-13357 was in much worse shape than the other (41-13390). 41-13357 was accepted by the USAAC on 6th April 1941, where it went on to serve at Patterson Field, Ohio. After recording around 100 hours there, it was shipped to Puerto Rico. While stationed there is presumed that our P-40C was used for coastal and anti-submarine patrols. Having amassed 603 hours, it was returned to the Curtiss Factory in Buffalo, New York, where it was overhauled for the Lend-Lease programme with the Soviet Union. The P-40C was then duly shipped to the USSR in December 1941. The history past this point is still relatively unknown. During the restoration it was decided to finish the aircraft in the scheme of a P-40 based at Chanute Field, Illinois. Our aircraft wears the scheme of 39-159, a P-40C that was stripped of it’s olive drab camouflage paint and used as a personal ‘hack’ for base commanders. The restoration culminated on the 5th August 2011 when aircraft (now registered N80FR) had it’s first post restoration flight in the hands of Steve Hinton. The aircraft was shipped from Chino to Duxford during May/June 2014, in time for Flying Legends 2014 where it made it’s UK debut."

#P-40 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-36C Hawk ‘PA-50’ (G-CIXJ) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 12624. US Army Air Corps serial ’38-210’. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen during 2016 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 10th July 2016. The following info on the P-36 is from the Flying Legends website:- “This is last Curtiss P-36C constructed Serial No. 38-210. Built in 1939 and delivered to Selfridge Field, Michigan in May 1939. She participated in the 1939 Cleveland Air Races in September 1939 with experimental camouflage. She participated in the War Games at Maxwell Field following the Air Races. She was sent to Wright Patterson for testing in 1940 and then on to serve with several different squadrons on the U.S. East Coast. In 1942 she was sent to Chanute Technical Training Command for a few months, thereafter she was labelled obsolete and flown to Buckley field in Colorado. She was put into a Tech School following her decommission and was later acquired by a Pratt & Whitney Tech instructor from Canada, where she resided until a Florida collector acquired it and passed her on to The Fighter Collection more than a decade ago. The restoration commenced some four years ago, under the leadership of Matt Nightingale at Chino, California when sufficient original parts capable of overhaul were recovered to ensure that the aircraft could be completed to fly. Steve Hinton carried out the shakedown flights and the FAA certified P-36C made it first public appearances at the 2015 Planes of Fame Airshow, in unique flights with the Museum’s Sikorsky P-35 in similar markings.”

#P-36 #aircraft

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Curtiss P-40C Warhawk '160 / 10AB' (G-CIIO) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 16161. Full US Military serial '41-13357'. Owned and operated by The Fighter Collection and seen during 2016 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 10th July 2016. The following info is taken from the TFC website:- "One of 2 P-40Cs acquired from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s by The Fighter Collection, 41-13357 was in much worse shape than the other (41-13390). 41-13357 was accepted by the USAAC on 6th April 1941, where it went on to serve at Patterson Field, Ohio. After recording around 100 hours there, it was shipped to Puerto Rico. While stationed there is presumed that our P-40C was used for coastal and anti-submarine patrols. Having amassed 603 hours, it was returned to the Curtiss Factory in Buffalo, New York, where it was overhauled for the Lend-Lease programme with the Soviet Union. The P-40C was then duly shipped to the USSR in December 1941. The history past this point is still relatively unknown. During the restoration it was decided to finish the aircraft in the scheme of a P-40 based at Chanute Field, Illinois. Our aircraft wears the scheme of 39-159, a P-40C that was stripped of it’s olive drab camouflage paint and used as a personal ‘hack’ for base commanders. The restoration culminated on the 5th August 2011 when aircraft (now registered N80FR) had it’s first post restoration flight in the hands of Steve Hinton. The aircraft was shipped from Chino to Duxford during May/June 2014, in time for Flying Legends 2014 where it made it’s UK debut."

#P-40 #aircraft