"Even with the new information they were an outstanding unit with great pilots."
The tragedy is that they weren't used sooner in the war. They were extremely well-trained abd would have given the Luftwaffe a tough time when our bomber crews really needed them.
"The tragedy is that they weren't used sooner in the war. They were extremely well-trained abd would have given the Luftwaffe a tough time when our bomber crews really needed them."
They were used very early in the war, starting with the North Africa campaign.
Unfortunately, I don't think that any fighter group would have made a difference early in the air war. The problem with fighter escort was the range. The Tuskegee pilots came into the fight at about the same time as the P51D with the longer range and better engines was brought into the theatre. Until the escorts had the same range as the bombers there was no way to protect the bombers all the way to the target and back.