Tuskegee Airman recalls time as POW

Air Force Links ^ | Capt. Khalid Cannon

[Caretaker]

Right! P-51 did not have an ejection seat. Neither does a roller coaster but ride without a seat belt and you will duplicate the experience 'sans' the seat. Unbuckling from an inverted aircraft has a similar effect. It was a recognized method of self-extraction if circumstances required.

[Caretaker]

Your suggestion is unlikely considering he began flight training in 1943 and the AAC (Army Air Corps) name was changed to AAF (Army Air Force) in 1942. P.S Neither were ever a Corperation (Corp).

[ansel12]

"During World War II the role of the Air Corps changed. In 1941, as part of a re-organization of the Army along functional lines, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was established on June 20, 1941. The Air Corps then became a subordinate part of the USAAF as a combatant arm (as Infantry and Artillery were subordinate combatant arms of the Army Ground Forces). The required Congressional disestablishment of the Army Air Corps itself did not occur until 1947."

The above is from Wikipedia, since aviation bores me to tears, I gave up trying to figure out if he was still in the corps within the army air forces, but I think I saw along the way that he stayed in until 1952 which means he was Air Force.

[Larry Lucido]

Bump for later reading.

[Lewite]

Thank you Sir, and all the other fine Americans who served during WWII. We owe so much to the men and women who defended the Republic. I am thankful that the German Air Force were in charge of fallen Airmen, if some of the other German units had been in charge, the Black men would have likely been murdered. My Dad is now 88 years of age and served in Navy, I am proud of him. There are so few left that served so well.