Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition

Name: Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition
Price: 43.49 USD
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ISBN: 9780823223664

ISBN-10: 0823223663

ISBN-13: 9780823223664

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alexander Jefferson, Lewis H. Carlson

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This book is a rare and important gift. One of the few memoirs of combat in World War II by a distinguished African-American flier, it is also perhaps the only account of the African-American experience in a German prison camp. Alexander Jefferson was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. A Detroit native, Jefferson enlisted in 1942, trained at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, became a second lieutenant in 1943, and joined one of the most decorated fighting units in the War, flying P51s with their legendaryand feared red tails. Based in Italy, Jefferson flew bomber escort missions over…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 9.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English