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Two pilots of The National Airman's Association, an organization comprised of black pilots, meet with Senator Harry S. Truman from Missouri. Truman helps sponsor a bill to allow black pilots to serve in the Civilian Pilot Training Program.
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Congress passed the Civilian Pilot Training Act
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The Army Air Corps submits a plan to the War Department for an "experiment" forming an all black fighter squadron with thirty-three pilots.
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The 99th Pursuit Squadron is formed by the War Department to be trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Tuskegee Army Air Field officially opens.
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Captain Benjamin Davis, Jr. is promoted to Lt. Colonel.
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-the first class of Tuskegee pilots graduates and earn their wings.
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Lt. Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr. takes command of the 99th Fighter Squadron.
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The 99th (The Lonely Eagles) heads for North Africa.
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Captain Charles B. Hall is the first Tuskegee pilot to down an enemy aircraft. He shoots down a FW-190 and damges an Me-109.
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-Lt. Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr. leaves the 99th to return home to command the 332nd Fighter Group. The 332nd is comprised of the all black 100th, 301st and 302nd Fighter Squadrons.
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the 99th is attached to the 79th Fighter Group of the 12th Air Force.
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pilots of the 302nd Fighter Squadron sink a German destroyer with machine gun fire from their P-47's.
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Four pilots of the 332nd are awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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World War II ends with the surrender of Japan.
