Title: Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets, Tuskegee, Alabama: In the center is Captain Roy F. Morse, Air Corps. He is teaching the Cadets how to send and receive code.

Description

• The Tuskegee Airmen were African-American soldiers who trained to become pilots at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama. The first class of aviation cadets began their training in July 1941 and completed it in March 1942. Tuskegee Airmen went on to serve in combat in North Africa and Italy, and in escorting bombing missions over Germany. This photograph, taken in January 1942, shows cadets at Tuskegee learning how to send and receive code.

Publication Information

• Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, Washington, D.C.

Place

• North America > United States of America > Alabama > Tuskegee

Time

• 1900 CE - 1949 CE

Topic

• Social sciences > Public administration & military science > Military science
• History & geography > History of Europe

Additional Subjects

• African-American air pilots;
• Flight training;
• Morse code;
• Tuskegee airmen;
• World War, 1939-1945

Type of Item

• Prints, Photographs

Physical Description

• 1 photograph (black and white)

Institution

• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration