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Photo, Print, Drawing 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.. Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets, Tuskegee, Alabama... In the Center is Capt. Roy F. Morse, Air Corps. He is Teaching the Cadets How to Send and Receive Code

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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..

Other Title

  • Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets, Tuskegee, Alabama... In the Center is Capt. Roy F. Morse, Air Corps. He is Teaching the Cadets How to Send and Receive Code

Summary

  • 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.

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, 1942-01.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Alabama--Tuskegee
  • -  1942
  • -  African-American air pilots
  • -  Flight training
  • -  Morse code
  • -  Tuskegee airmen
  • -  World War, 1939-1945

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph (black and white).
  • -  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021669755

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Chicago citation style:

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. Tuskegee Alabama United States of America, 1942. Washington, D.C.: Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, -01. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669755/.

APA citation style:

(1942) 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. Tuskegee Alabama United States of America, 1942. Washington, D.C.: Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, -01. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669755/.

MLA citation style:

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. Washington, D.C.: Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch, -01. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669755/>.