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Red Tails....

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:55 am

Not the first African American flyers... the BBC always seems to dig up these amazing gems to widen my knowledge!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-18251426
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Re: Red Tails....

Postby expat » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:24 am

Nice find Mark and an interesting if short read. Someone should write a book about this man :)

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