With the words of his Group CO
ringing in his ears, Charles McGee of the 332nd Fighter Group
returns to protect a crippled B-17 after downing two Me109s in
quick succession. Agonisingly, two more enemy fighters were left
to escape but McGee knew that under the strict leadership of
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, his mission, and that of the other
all-black pilots of the 332nd, was solely to protect the bombers.
That iron discipline was to earn this famous unit the respect
and admiration of hundreds of bomber crews, and to create a legend. Signed by six Tuskegee pilots.
Charles McGee - Leo R Gray - George E Hardy - William H Holloman
III - Alexander Jefferson - Lowell Steward. |