But I think I hate this guy anyway:
"Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. Lt. Brown flew as a flight leader for the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group, which deployed to Italy for combat in December 1943. The 100th FS began combat operations flying the P-39Q in February 1944. In May, the squadron received the P-47D and began flying long-range bomber escort missions. By July 1, 1944, the squadron received the North American P-51 "Mustang". Lt. Brown's flew the P-51D-15 serial number 44-15569 with "buzz number" 7. He christened her "Bunnie" after his infant daughter.
Lt. Brown was part of the March 24, 1945 escort mission where Col. Davis led 59 planes of the 332nd and escorted B-17s of the 15th Air Force on their 1,600-mile roundtrip mission to bomb the Daimler Benz tank works in Berlin. On this mission, while over Berlin, the bombers were attacked by German Me 262 jets and Me 163 rocket fighters. On this mission, three Me 262 jet fighters were shot down, two more Me 262s, one Me163 rocket fighter were claimed as probables and three Me 262s as damaged. Lt. Brown shot down one of the three German Me 262 jet fighters. During the entire war, only eight Me 262s were shot down and the 332nd claimed 3 of these in one mission!
One week later, on March 31, 1945, on a fighter sweep the 332nd engaged the Germans in a dogfight over Linz, Austria. In their best day ever, pilots of the 332nd shot down 13 German aircraft without a loss of their own. One of these was a FW-190 credited to Lt. Brown. Lt. Brown was promoted to captain and commanded the 100th FS until he returned to the States in October 1945. For his service Captain Brown was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clusters. He was recently recognized by the Intrepid Air & Space Museum for his outstanding leadership as squadron commander.
After the War
After the war, continued his education receiving his doctorate from New York University. Dr. Brown is currently Director of the Center for Urban Education Policy at the Graduate Center of the University of New York. He is past President of Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. He started and was director for seven years of the Institute of African-American Affairs at New York University. He has served as a faculty member of West University State College and as a full time professor at New York University. Dr. Brown is an author of widely-read reference works and more than 60 articles in scholarly journals.
Dr. Brown serves on the boards of many non-profit organizations. Dr. Brown has served as Chairman of the New York City Regional Educational Center for Economic Development. He is a member of the National Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and has served on the Board of the American Council on Education. He also serves on the boards of the YMCA of Greater New York, the Fund for the City of New York, the New York Botanical Garden, the New York City Partnership, the Museum of the City of New York, the City Parks Foundation, and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Dr. Brown is also Chairman of the Greater Harlem Nursing Home and the Sports Foundation, and is Past President of One Hundred Black Men, Inc., an influential group of civic-minded Black New Yorkers. He is also Vice Chairman of the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. He has been appointed by the Governor to the New York State Job Training and Partnership Council, and the New York State Health, Fitness & Sports Council. He chairs the Urban Issues Group, a think tank devoted to the concerns of the African American community. He is an avid runner who has competed in the New York City Marathon nine times."
I notice that the 332nd transitioned into Mustangs in July, 1944. The Luftwaffe had already been shot to pieces, largely by US aircraft operating from Britain. In both March and April, 1944 the Luftwaffe lost over 2,000 aircraft. The Inspector General of the fighter arm, Adolf Galland (who later led JV-44, the first ME-262 unit) said that the destruction of the fighter arm was upon the Germans. In May, June and July, the German Air Force made almost no interceptions of USAAF incursions. On August 15, large numbers of GAF fighters rose and were again savaged by the 8th and 9th Army Air Forces flying from Britain. If you visit the Air and Space Museum, you'll see Keith Ferris' magnificent full size painting of the B-17 "Thunderbird" of the 303rd Bomb Group (Heavy). It portrays events of this mission.
The record shows that the vast majority of kills by USAAF pilots in Europe came before the summer of 1944, a time when the black pilots were flying the very obsolete P-40 in ground support missions.
Walt
Okay, I know you'd hang me on that, I should of said 8. I know that would be enough for Linclon to start a war.