TY - BOOK N2 - As the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to racial inequality and discrimination in American life. AB - As the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to racial inequality and discrimination in American life. T1 - Freedom flyers :the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II / DA - c2010. CY - Oxford ; CY - New York : AU - Moye, J. Todd. CN - D790.252 CN - D790.252 332nd PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford ; PP - New York : PY - c2010. ID - 343078 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - African American air pilots SN - 9780195386554 (alk. paper) SN - 0195386558 (alk. paper) TI - Freedom flyers :the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II / ER -