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Originally Posted by Riceball
Those guys were great. Never lost a bomber on any escort mission.
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This is actually a 'fairy tale'
Records say they lost around 20 bombers... (dont know the exact number... believe it was in the twenties)
They were good pilots non the less.. hope to reach their level in BOP
Edit: now I needed to know
.. according to wikipedia.. they lost up to 25 bombers. 200 tuskegee airmen ware researched and all said no bomber was lost to enemy fighters. After some record research.. it was proven that bombers HAD been shot down though...
Then it says this line... wich is at the heart of the whole story I think: "the Tuskegee story is about pilots who rose above adversity and discrimination and opened a door once closed to black America — not about whether their record is perfect"