Red Tails: An Oral History of the Tuskegee Airmen (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)

Based on extensive interviews with surviving members of the squadron, here is the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first group of African-American pilots in the history of the U.S. military. The "Red Tails" escorted B-17s and B-24s on long bombing runs over Central Europe during World War II. Includes 16 pages of black-and-white halftones. Official source for the movie.