Tuskegee Airman

Mar 14th

Retired postal employee recalls training Tuskegee Airmen

When former postal employee Roscoe Draper entered Civilian Pilot Training Program at Hampton University in Hampton, VA, he didn’t intend to become part of an important chapter of World War II history. Draper, an African-American, received his pilot certification in 1940 and attempted to enter the U.S. Army Air Corps. But America was segregated. “My […]

Mar 13th

Tuskegee Airmen To Dedicate Stamp Honoring Father of Black Aviation

C. Alfred ‘Chief’ Anderson: the Tuskegee Airmen’s Airman BRYN MAWR, Pa., March 12, 2014 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Referred to as the Father of Black Aviation, Chief Flight Instructor of the prestigious Tuskegee Airmen C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson, will immortalized on a stamp tomorrow, March 13. The 1 p.m. dedication ceremony, free and open to the […]