Yeah, and from the teasers on TV those planes don’t look like P-47’s either.They flew those, but were more closely associated with the P-51. The planes in the trailers appear to be the P-51D variant, which I what I've always associated with the Red Tails.
Re: OKSooner's
Yeah, and from the teasers on TV those planes don’t look like P-47’s either. svcw's
I think they started with P47 but ended flying P51s. and IYAS9YAS's
They flew those, but were more closely associated with the P-51.
If my memory serves me correctly, the Tuskegee Airmen started out flying Curtiss P-40 Warhawks... 
Then briefly with Bell P-39 Airacobras... 
Very briefly with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts... 
And finally with North American A-36 Apache (listed in some sources as "Invader") the ground-attack/dive bomber version of the P-51... 
And finally with the P-51-D Mustang... 
But then again, why quote history... 
when Hollywood and George Lucas knows best?