(July 25, 2018 at 2:08 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: Perhaps sticking out like a red thumb was the intent. Helped keep the B-17 gunners from shooting at the wrong guys.
On a side note we just wrapped up an inventory of the collection at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site for the National Park Service. I'm working on getting the deliverables ready for submission this week.
Yea, ok, but did other Air divisions have those same red tails or just the black squadron? It would make sense if other bomber squads had escorts with the same color scheme but if they were the only squad with red tipped escorts it would make one question if our military was saying "blacks are more expendable than whites". That was a war prior to the end of segregation and was fought with a segregated military in any case.
