George Lucas does Tuskegee Airmen Story

[Smithsonia]

Provided it's historically accurate. Gotta see this one. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810095581/video

[indygreg]

Sounds like a good movie.  Noticed it stars Cuba Gooding Jr., who was in the HBO movie.

[Chief2009]

Looks like it'll be a good movie.

I know I'm really nit-picking, but the bombers that I could see in the trailer are sporting "Triangle-L" on the wings and tail. That means 381st Bomb Group, of the 8th AF. The Tuskegee Airmen escorted 15th AF bombers. 8th always gets the glory... 

I should probably explain, my grandfather was a radio operator with the 429th Bomb Squadron out of Amendola, Italy. Some people seem to think that the 8th AF was the only B-17 force in Europe.

[Smithsonia]

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I've written about this but still don't have it all nailed down. Moton Field/Tuskegee became an Army Air Corps Auxiliary Field for Maxwell during John F. Curry's administration of Maxwell. John Curry began the flight program and supported it with training staff (Claire Chennault, Robert Olds, George Kenney, Muir Fairchild, and Robert Scott being loaned to Tuskegee as instructors) AND, The Pilot class of '34/'35 were offered duties as American mercenaries in Ethiopia/Abyssinia. (Against Mussolini's troops) (Don't forget this Airmanship program at Tuskegee is 8 to 10 years older than the Tuskegee Airmen).

There is now enough information about the background promoters and supporters to the Tuskegee project. In this I mean the supporters of both the African American and White communities. For instance, It is well known that Hap Arnold was against it and Eleanor Roosevelt was for it. George Washington Carver was for it. WEB Du Bois was not at least in the beginning (Du Bois spent a bit of time being overly impressed with the Nazis as did Charles Lindbergh). However, the Air Corps Officers that supported the program are worth a mention. If the program had not been successful there would likely have been repercussions to their careers. Their was risk in taking on the duty of making the Tuskegee Airmanship program into the Tuskegee Airmen. Blame and Fame to all of those mentioned above is deserved.

I have worked on this part of the story for a couple of years now. I think it interesting that Tuskegee Historians are very interested in this story. US Air Force Historians are not (And they are at Maxwell) and neither are most general historians.
I just find it fascinating that this section of this great story is generally ignored.