The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History: 1939-1949 with a Comprehensive Chronology of Missions and Events - Hardcover

by Joseph D. Caver (Author), Jerome Ennels (Author), Daniel Haulman (Author)

Many documentaries, articles, museum exhibits, books, and movies have now treated the subject of the Tuskegee Airmen, the only black American military pilots in World War II. Most of these works have focused on their training and their subsequent accomplishments during combat. This publication goes further, using captioned photographs to trace the Airmen through the various stages of training, deployment, and combat in North Africa, Italy, and over occupied Europe. Included for the first time are depictions of the critical support roles of non-flyers: doctors, nurses, mechanics, navigators, weathermen, parachute riggers, and others, all of whom contributed to the Airmen's success. In words and pictures, this volume makes vivid the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the environments in which they lived, worked, played, fought, and sometimes died.

Author Biography

Joseph D. Caver (Author)
JOSEPH D. CAVER is a former senior archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and current history lecturer at Alabama State University. He is a coauthor of The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949 and a contributor to the Air Power History journal. Caver is a recipient of the Major General I. B. Holley Award, recognizing significant contributions in the field of Air Force history. He has been honored with the Spirit of Marion Award from Alabama State University.