This book is a rare and important gift. One of the few memoirs of combat in World War II by a distinguished African-American flier, it is also perhaps the only account of the African-American experience in a German prison camp.
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This book is a rare and important gift. One of the few memoirs of combat in World War II by a distinguished African-American flier, it is also perhaps the only account of the African-American experience in a German prison camp.
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Add this copy of Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee to cart. $5.50, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Fordham University Press.
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New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color. World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension.
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Very Good jacket. New York. 2016. December 2016. Fordham University Press. 1st Printing of This Revised Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780823274383. 80 b/w illustrations. 192 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Ann-Christine Racette. keywords: Aviation War History Biography African American. DESCRIPTION-This book is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African-American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. inventory #43250.
Lt. Col. Jefferson shares his experience as Tuskegee airman starting with his days as an aviation cadet and finally to a fighter squadron equipped with P40 fighters. His squadron was a ground support unit with plenty of missions but little opportunity for air combat (fighter v. fighter). That changed when they were reequipped with P51 Mustangs. He flew plenty of bomber escort missions but ironically his plane was shot down while he was engaged in a strafing run. As the Tail End Charlie of his squadron, the Germans were ready for him and blasted his Mustang out of the sky. Jefferson pulls up and bails, surviving his jump to become a kriege (GI slang for PoW).
At camp no one thinks much of him and some of the PoW interred for a long time were skeptical ("We have black fighter pilots?") until some new PoWs arrived. Among them was a bomber white crewman who spotted Jefferson, ran up and embraced him. "You're a Redtail! A Goddamn Redtail! If you guys were with us, we'd never would have been shot down." After that Jefferson's credibility was beyond doubt.
Upon liberation and return to the U. S., it was back to the same old racism as a white NCO greeted the officers with, "White officers to the right, n*******s to the left!"
Anyone interested in WW II aviation, the Redtails and the PoW experience will find Lt. Col. Jefferson's book an interesting read. Thank you Col. Jefferson.
