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First Six 99th Pursuit Squadron Cadets with Tuskegee Institute Officials at Chanute Field
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First Six 99th Pursuit Squadron Cadets with Tuskegee Institute Officials at Chanute Field
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Title
First
Six
99th
Pursuit
Squadron
Cadets
with
Tuskegee
Institute
Officials
at
Chanute
Field
Subject
United
States
Army
Air
Forces
99th
Pursuit
Squadron
;
United
States
Army
Air
Forces
99th
Fighter
Squadron
;
Tuskegee
Airmen
;
World
War
,
1939-1945--Aerial
operations
,
American
;
World
War
,
1939-1945--Participation
,
African
American
;
Chanute
Field
;
Rantoul
(Ill.)
;
Photographs
Description
Black
and
white
photograph
of
(L-R)
William
R
.
Thompson
,
Nelson
S
.
Brooks
,
Elmer
D
.
Jones
,
James
L
.
Johnson
,
George
L
.
Washington
,
Dudley
W
.
Stevenson
,
Fred
L
.
Patterson
, and
William
Towns
at
Chanute
Field
,
Rantoul
,
Illinois
.
George
L
.
Washington
and
Fred
L
.
Patterson
are
visiting
Tuskegee
Institute
officials
.
Thompson
,
Brooks
,
Jones
,
Johnson
,
Stevenson
, and
Towns
were the
first
six
aviation
cadets
for the
99th
Pursuit/Fighter
Squadron
to be
trained
at
Chanute
Field
. The
group
is
standing
in
front
of
Building
T-39
, the
Negro
mess
hall
.
Creator
William
R
.
Thompson
Publisher
Champaign
,
Ill
. :
Illinois
Heartland
Library
System
Contributors
Chanute
Air
Museum
,
Rantoul
,
Ill
. ;
Mark
Hanson
,
Curator
Date
1941
Type
Image
Format
JPEG
Source
2007-1-338
Coverage
©
National
Museum
of the US
Air
Force
,
All
Rights
Reserved
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