Tuskegee Airman Born And Raised In Pittsburgh Dies At 93

RIP. We are losing all our WWII veterans

Rest in Peace brother.

Many US bomber crews looked at the Tuskegee Airmen's red tailed P-51s escorting them with immense gratitude. None of the previous flight planes could match the distance of the bombers and could only escort them partially and had to turn back. The Germans knew this and attacked the bombers after they became unescorted.

The P-51s the Tuskegee Airmen flew had the range to fully escort the strategic bombers. In that process, many of the German fighters were shot down attacking the bombers. This was a process that facilitated the US attaining air superiority. Sometimes after bomber escorts they were turned loose to conduct air to ground attacks.

They were also commissioned to attack large enemy formations and logistics and provide reconnaissance by fire and maneuver. In the latter part of the war, large US army formations benefitted from fighters that decisively engaged the German formations and fixing them to give US ground commanders the flexibility to attack in the manner they chose.