will alway be the most influential air squadron during WWII. I

think this because there where a lot racist people that did not

want them to succeed, but they did more than just succeed. They

became the first black Airforce pilots.

It all started when President Roosevelt arranged a meeting

in September 1940 with three African-American leaders and members

of the Army and Navy. During the meeting, the leaders emphasized

three points:(1)equal opportunity for jobs in the defense

industry, (2)impartial administration of the new draftlaw, and

(3)an opportunity for qualified blacks to learn to fly in

A few days later after the meeting, the War Department

issued a policy directives stating that black men generally would

be admitted into the armed force in numbers equivalent to their

percentage in the civilian population.

But it was not until a couple months after the meeting in

December 1940, that the Army Air Corps submitted a plan for the

experiment to establish an all-black fighter squadron.

The plan was not official until July 19, 1941 when Major

Lampedusa and Linosa. This was the first time in history that air

cadets that would fill the 99th squadron, which became the first

climbed aboard a train that would take them to New York where

then that 13 black men became the first black pilot trainees.

other 4 pursued the Germans and almost lost the 99th's status as

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