Be glad, indeed, that the standards were high and many aspiring airmen washed out/did not qualify. These brave men showed the world nobody had to lower standards for them or carry them along. They were criticized by some for their lower kill rate of enemy fliers, but they also lost only 27 bombers (not zero, as the myth-makers say), cons…
Be glad, indeed, that the standards were high and many aspiring airmen washed out/did not qualify. These brave men showed the world nobody had to lower standards for them or carry them along. They were criticized by some for their lower kill rate of enemy fliers, but they also lost only 27 bombers (not zero, as the myth-makers say), considerably fewer than the AAF average of 46 bombers lost per bomber escort group. All for a country that did not appreciate the service and the lost lives.
Air Force historian Daniel Haulman cites these figures in his excellent, "Fifty-two Misconceptions about the Tuskegee Airmen," which praises these men "to the skies."
Be glad, indeed, that the standards were high and many aspiring airmen washed out/did not qualify. These brave men showed the world nobody had to lower standards for them or carry them along. They were criticized by some for their lower kill rate of enemy fliers, but they also lost only 27 bombers (not zero, as the myth-makers say), considerably fewer than the AAF average of 46 bombers lost per bomber escort group. All for a country that did not appreciate the service and the lost lives.
Air Force historian Daniel Haulman cites these figures in his excellent, "Fifty-two Misconceptions about the Tuskegee Airmen," which praises these men "to the skies."