The Combat Record of the Tuskegee Airmen
• Over 15,000 combat sorties (Including 6000+ for the 99th prior to July '44)
• 111 German airplanes destroyed in the air
• 150 German aircraft destroyed on the ground
• 950 rail cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles destroyed
• 1 destroyer sunk by P-47 machine gun fire
• Sixty-six pilots killed in action or accidents
• Thirty-two pilots downed and captured POWs
• 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses earned
• 744 Air Medals
• 31 Purple Hearts
• 14 Bronze Stars |
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