43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814821 Baltimore MD, Pokinghome, James R. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797221 Pensacola FL, Pollard, Henry 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817592 Buffalo NY, Pompey, Maurice D. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. WebJames H. Harvey III (born July 13, 1923) is a retired United States Army Air Corps / U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer and former African-American fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group 's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or among enemy German pilots, Schwartze Vogelmenschen ("Black birdmen"). (Tuskegee University Archives). Officer T68704 New York NY, Henson, James W. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842583 Baltimore MD, Herrington, Aaron 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830788 Raleigh NC, Herron, Walter 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 1st Lt. 01311585 Memphis TN, Hervey, Henry P., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817601 Chicago IL, Heywood, Herbert H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824833 St. Croix VI, Hicks, Arthur N. 45-C-SE 5/23/1945 2nd Lt. 0842882 Dayton OH, Hicks, Frederick P. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 01030252 San Francisco CA, Higginbotham, Mitchell 44-K-TE 2/1/1945 2nd Lt. 0841164 Sewickley PA, Highbaugh, Earl B. Tuskegee Airmen instructor Charles Alfred "Chief" Anderson was honored with a stamp by the U.S. Officer T68762 Asheville NC, McClenic, William B., Jr. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811285 Akron OH, McClure, John 42-G-SE 8/5/1942 2nd Lt. 0791538 Kokomo IN, McCreary, Walter L. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798950 San Antonio TX, McCrory, Felix M. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838033 Yuma AZ, McCrumby, George T. 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796265 Fort Worth TX, McCullin, James L. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792442 St. Louis MO, McDaniel, Armour G. 43-A-SE 1/14/1943 2nd Lt. 0796266 Martinsville VA, McGarrity, Thomas H. 45-I-SE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 02102014 Chicago IL, McGee, Charles E. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 03 Champaign IL, McGinnis, Faythe A. The names listed below are the names of all the PILOT GRADUATES from the Tuskegee Flight School. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 08071 07 Bronx NY, Roach, Charles J. 43:J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814825 Los Angeles CA, Brown, James W. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838166 Detroit MI, Brown, Lawrence A. Officer T67977 St. Louis MO, Knight, Calvin M. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Officer T149985 Austin TX, Moore, FIarzell 44-J-TE 12/28/1944 Flt. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 Flt. Only three fighter pilots are still alive, according to Jerry Burton, national president of the nonprofit. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER, "We worked together and we depended on each other," said Hardy. His father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., had already broken down barriers as the first brigadier general in the U.S. Army. The Tuskegee Airmen /tskii/ were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. Clarence Lucky Lester had a storied career that included shooting down three Officer T70226 Ahoskie NC, Smith, Robert C. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. AL, Noches, R. F. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819450 Washington PA, Russell, James C. 45-G-TE 10/16/1945 Flt. The Tuskegee Airmen faced perhaps their most daunting challenge on March 24, 1945, escorting American bombers all the way from Italy to Berlin. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. Officer T149984 Chicago IL, Baugh, Howard L. 42:J-SE 11/10/1942 2nd Lt. 0793705 Petersburg VA, Bee, Clarence Jr. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 2nd Lt. 0842579 Kansas City MO, Bell, George E. 46-C-SE 6/28/1946 2nd Lt. 02102113 Altoona PA, Bell, John J. Officer T70554 Philadelphia PA, Ballard, Alton F. 43-H-SE 8/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0811173 Pasadena CA NI, Barksdale, James M. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 Flt. A German Messerschmitt 262A-1 jet-propelled fighter at the Rheinmain Airport, near Frankfurt, Germany, 1945. Officer T62808 Danville IL, Wilson, Theodore A. Tuskegee Airman and retired Lt. Col. George Hardy with children at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex in Sarasota, Florida, in 2013. Officer T69740 New York NY, Givings, Clemenceau M. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804551 Richmond VA, Gladden, Thomas 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 2nd Lt. 0839086 Washington DC, Glass, Robert M. 44-I-l-SE 10/16/1944 Flt. 45-B-SE 4/15/1945 Flt. Hardy later piloted giant B-29 bombers during the Korean War and C-119 gunships in Vietnam. The Tuskegee Airmen is the nickname of the first African American unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. 42-F-SE 7/3/1942 2nd Lt. 0790460 Cleveland OH, Lawrence, Robert W. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 2nd Lt. 01640660 Bloomfield NJ, Lawson, Herman A. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. Just 66 Tuskegee Airmen were lost in combat in World War II. Vernon NY, Yates, Phillip C. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. 45-A-SE 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841257 Columbus GA, Collins, Gamaliel M. 44-I-I-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. 43-I-SE 10/1/1943 2nd Lt. 0814195 Philadelphia PA, Johnson, Charlie A. 44-I-SE 11/20/1944 Flt. He took hundreds of young men and instilled in them the spirit to fly at a time when many people thought they couldnt do so because of the color of their skin. Of the 992 Tuskegee Airmen pilots who completed advanced flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Forces, eight were still alive a year ago. Officer T66400 Youngstown OH, Jackson, Julien D., Jr. 45-G-SE 10/16/1945 Flt. 44-J-SE 12/28/1944 Flt. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819447 Montclair NJ, Byrd, Willie L., Jr. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817597 Fayetteville NC, Cabiness, Marshall S. 42-I-SE 10/9/1942 2nd Lt. 0792780 Gastonia NC, Cabule, Ernest M., Jr. 45-A-5E 3/11/1945 2nd Lt. 0841256 Detroit MI, Caesar, Richard C. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792418 Lake Village AR, Cain, William L. 44-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. He's buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Aircraft was housed and maintained here. Legal Statement. Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. Officer T64271 Helena AR, Exum, Herven P. 44-I-1-TE 10/16/1944 Flt. Officer T67972 Baltimore MD, Parkey, Robert M. 44-I-TE 11/20/1944 Flt. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 Flt. They were faster and more maneuverable than anything in the Army Air Corps. 020146 Tuskegee AL, Davis, Claude C. 44-G-TE 8/4/1944 1st Lt. 0441115 Pittsburgh PA, Davis, Clifford W. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 Flt. In 1929, Anderson had earned his pilots license, and went on to become the first African American to earn a commercial pilots certification in Officer T67987 Brooklyn NY, Murdic, Robert J. so have many of the "What made the Tuskegee Airmen ultimately succeed was the ability to overcome the obstacles they faced with hard work and dedication," LaVone Kay, spokesperson for Commemorative Air Force Rise Above, told Fox News Digital. Officer T67988 Bronx NY, Quander, Charles].,Jr. "Remaining in Tuskegee after the war, Anderson continued to provide flight instruction at Moton Field, which remains an active airport and is the location of theTuskegee Airmen National Historic Site," reports the Encyclopedia of Alabama. Thats what we admired about him." Officer T64276 Pueblo CO, Spencer, Roy M. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797223 Tallahasee FL, Spicer, Cecil 45-H-TE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843360 Greenville OH, Spriggs, Thurman E. 45-H-SE 11/20/1945 2nd Lt. 0843350 Des Moines IA, Spurlin, Jerome D. 43-J-SE 11/3/1943 2nd Lt. 0814822 Chicago IL, Squires, John W. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T67154 San Bernardino CA, Hawkins, Kenneth R. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 2nd Lt. 0819449 San Bernardino CA, Hawkins, Thomas L. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 Flt. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817602 New York NY, Hockaday, Wendell W. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 2nd Lt. 0830781 Norfolk VA, Hodges, Jerry T., Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843246 Heth AR, Holbert, Bertrand J. Officer T68754 Lynchburg VA, Dowling, Cornelius D. 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 01292319 New Rochelle NY, Downs, Walter M. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797218 New Orleans LA, Driver, Clarence N. 44-A-SE 1/7/1944 Flt. Officer T70242 Austin TX, Toppins, Edward L. 42-H-SE 9/6/1942 2nd Lt. 0792425 San Francisco CA, Tresville, Robert B., Jr. 42-K-SE 12/13/1942 2nd Lt. 025761 Bay City TX, Trott, Robert G. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 2nd Lt. 0843008 Mt. (Courtesy CAF Rise Above via U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama). Freed by flight, he was soon soaring across the nation. 46-A-TE 3/23/1946 Flt. 46-B-TE 5/14/1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown, Burns, Isham A., Jr. 44-J-5E 12/28/1944 2nd Lt. 0840202 Los Angeles CA, Bussey, Charles M. 43-E-SE 5/28/1943 2nd Lt. 0804548 Los Angeles CA, Butler, Jewel B. Officer T67158 Bronx NY, White, Sherman W. 42-E-SE 5/20/1942 2nd Lt. 0789431 Montgomery AL, White, Vertner, Jr. 45-F-TE 9/8/1945 2nd Lt. 0843248 Cleveland OH, Whitehead, John L., Jr. 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0838035 Lawrenceville VA, Whiten, Joseph 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817604 New York NY, Whiteside, Albert 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 Flt. 43-K-TE 12/5/1943 Flt. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807099 Tuskegee Inst. Officer T62813 Los Angeles CA, Williams, William F. 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0807114 Cleveland OH, Williams, William L.,Jr. The pilots formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of 44-D-SE 4/15/1944 Flt. All rights reserved. The dramatic silver screen tale brought the exploits of the Red Tail warriors to a new generation of grateful Americans. Officer T67968 New York NY, Dickson, Lawrence E. 43-C-SE 3/25/1943 2nd Lt. 0798945 Bronx NY, Dickson, Othel 43-K-SE 12/5/1943 2nd Lt. 0817583 San Francisco CA, Diggs, Charles W. 44-B-TE 2/8/1944 2nd Lt. 0821902 Roxbury MA, Dillard, James M., Jr. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 02102016 East Beckley WV, Dillon, Oliver M. 45-I-TE 1/29/1946 2nd Lt. 02102017 McComb MS, Dixon, Edward T. 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 2nd Lt. 0835403 Hartford CT, Doram, Edward D. 44-1-1-SE 10/16/1944 2nd Lt. 0838164 Cincinnati OH, Dorkins, Charles J. 46-A-SE 3/23/1946 2nd Lt. 02102098 Ardmore PA, Lucas, Wendell M. 44-E-SE 5/23/1944 1st Lt. 0430199 Fairmont Hgts. Officer T68713 Detroit MI, Goodenough, Purnell J. 45-D-SE 6/27/1945 Flt. Officer T149962 Asbury Park NJ, Griffin, Jerrold D. 45-E-TE 8/4/1945 2nd Lt. 0843112 Philadelphia PA, Griffin, William E. 43-B-SE 2/16/1943 2nd Lt. 0797220 Birmingham AL, Groves, Weldon K 43-F-SE 6/30/1943 2nd Lt. 0805985 Edwardsville KS, Guilbaud, Eberle J. Raymond V. Haysbert. Charles "Chief" Anderson was the first licensed Black commercial pilot in America in 1932. Officer T70243 San Antonio TX, Whitney, Yenwith K. 44-F-SE 6/27/1944 Flt. Left to right, Richard S. "Rip" Harder, Brooklyn, New York; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, New York; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, Ohio; Wendell M. Lucas, Fairmont Heights, Maryland. Anderson lived long enough to see the story of the men he introduced to flying immortalized in the 1995 movie "The Tuskegee Airmen," starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lawrence Fishburne. 44-K-SE 2/1/1945 Flt.