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    Black USAAF navigators in WW2
    From: Paul Hirose
    Date: 2023 Mar 28, 16:27 -0700

    The black WW2 fighter pilots in their "Red Tail" planes have gained
    fame, but that's only part of the picture. There were navigators too.
    Here's a class book from Hondo Army Air Field. (They put the colored
    guys at the end of the book.)
    
    The turret pictured at the top right corner of the web page is, or was,
    on the beautifully restored B-17 "Nine-O-Nine" operated by the Collings
    Foundation. In 2019 it crashed with multiple fatalities after an engine
    failure. (Not to be confused with the recent air show collision that
    destroyed another B-17.)
    
    https://aafcollection.info/items/detail.php?key=1011&pkg=lx!title!!1011!1!title!up!20
    
    There's a lot interesting stuff at this site, including a wartime Air
    Navigation textbook and a Navigator's Information File.
    
    --
    Paul Hirose
    sofajpl.com
    

       
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