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Black USAAF navigators in WW2
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2023 Mar 28, 16:27 -0700

The black WW2 fighter pilots in their "Red Tail" planes have gained
fame, but that's only part of the picture. There were navigators too.
Here's a class book from Hondo Army Air Field. (They put the colored
guys at the end of the book.)

The turret pictured at the top right corner of the web page is, or was,
on the beautifully restored B-17 "Nine-O-Nine" operated by the Collings
Foundation. In 2019 it crashed with multiple fatalities after an engine
failure. (Not to be confused with the recent air show collision that
destroyed another B-17.)

https://aafcollection.info/items/detail.php?key=1011&pkg=lx!title!!1011!1!title!up!20

There's a lot interesting stuff at this site, including a wartime Air
Navigation textbook and a Navigator's Information File.

--
Paul Hirose
sofajpl.com

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