Nonwhite Myths

Michael

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An article entitled " The Tuskegee Airmen Myths."

The media and the race hustling industry keeps re-inventing myths about the Tuskegee Airmen being invincible fighters.

Tuskegee University has published a paper on their website that tries to show a balanced and realistic portrayal of the black pilots during WWII.

The first mission assigned to black pilots was to strafe Axis fighters on a tiny Italian island. Their performance was considered poor because the black squadron fled from Axis planes, while members of two white squadrons engaged. Their was a congressional hearing on weather or not to disband the project. However, activist members of US congress protected the project. They believed that the pilots would serve as role models for black Americans.

However, for the duration of the war, the black pilots continued the same pattern. They would rarely engage or pursue enemy aircraft.

When you compare the records of fighter groups flying the advanced P-51 planes in the 15th Air Force, we see that white fighter groups scored 2.26 victories for every plane lost. This is 3.5 times the rate of the black fighter group.

In other words, white pilots flying the same planes and the same missions were 350% more effective.
Think of this as an investment. For every dollar you invest in the black pilots yields $.66, while every dollar invested in the white pilots yields $2.26.

There were three black pilots who were awarded for having four or more victories. However it is a myth that any black pilots scored five victories, but were denied being recognized as an “Ace.â€￾

TABLE VII: COMPARISON OF FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE P-51 FIGHTER GROUPS
Fighter Group
Predominant race
Victories per aircraft lost in combat
31st White 2.49
52nd White 2.08
325th White 2.22
332nd Black 0.66

http://cofcc.org/2012/01/the-tuskegee-airmen-myths/
 

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'Red Tails' or Red Tales? George Lucas and The Myth of the 'Tuskegee Airmen'

In looking through history books detailing America's World War II Army Air Force 'aces', one thing stood out: the Tuskegee Airmen had absolute no impact on the course of the Allies winning the war over the Axis Powers. Not one of the famed Red Tails earned the honorific of 'ace' (meaning five or more confirmed aerial kills), compared to a list of more than 1,200 white American fighter pilots who earned that title during World War II. Aces like Chuck Yeager, who would go on to be the first person to break the sound-barrier, an arbitrary record in Black-Run America (BRA), a world that only honors those who were the first to break the much more important color-barrier. Contrary to contemporary claims, the involvement of the Black fighter pilots was inconsequential to the overall war effort. Yes, 72 members of the Tuskegee Airmen shot down 109 enemy aircraft, but when you consider America's great World War II 'ace' Richard Bong shot down 40 planes himself, you have to wonder why the story of the Black pilots overshadows one such as Bong's? Have you ever heard of Bong? But you've heard of the Tuskegee Airmen, right?

full article: http://www.vdare.com/articles/red-t...rge-lucas-and-the-myth-of-the-tuskegee-airmen
 

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This morning (they are pushing this film HARD in Houston) I heard one of the actors say, "The Tuskegee airmen were why we got to the moon and back."

Really?


Kiss my ass.
 

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Just read the "Nine myths of the Tuskegee Airmen" which is linked in the article Don posted. The writer basically argues that the Tuskegee Airmen did ok, but not great. They lost fewer bombers than similar white fighter escort squadrons, but also shot down fewer fighters. Kind of like David Garrard quarterbacking for Jacksonville, lots of dinks and dunks, but no Patriot or Saints style offense. There were three black pilots with four kills, and all of them stayed in Europe for awhile after their fourth kill, before being sent back to the US, but none made a fifth kill to make ace status.
 

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Some 90 y/o Tuskegee airman was buried in Arlington today. His son was interviewed and spewed something about us not winning in Europe without the Tuskegee boys. What a bunch of crap.
 
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The news said that there were 100 t airmen left. There were 480 of them, so this is a high survival rate. They must be the healthiest individuals ever- in addition to not losing a bomber.
 
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