Tuskegee Airman tells of crashing behind enemy lines in WWII

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http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/2336546,CST-NWS-memday31.article

May 31, 2010

BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter

The 90-year-old South Side war veteran still vividly recalls the crash landing as if it were yesterday.

It was during World War II when Welton Taylor, a liaison pilot and member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military air squad, was serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations, flying L-4 and L-5 aircraft with the 93rd Infantry Division.

Taylor saw combat on the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines. snip

Taylor, a descendant of President Zachary Taylor, is one of several members of the 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, living in the Chicago area.

[postulater]

1. Those guys are the true spirit of America!

:applause:

[spin]

2. K&R (n/t)

[90-percent]

3. Tuskegee Airman

The record these guys achieved protecting bombers en route to Germany is absolutely REMARKABLE! You were perhaps 500% more safe in your B-29 if you were escorted by these guys. They were freeking SUPERNATURAL in their flying abilities!

-90% Jimmy

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4. Being an admirer of the Tuskegee Airmen, I recently had the opportunity to (dial-up warning)

visit their home base in Tuskegee, AL. Here's a couple of snapshots I took while I was there a couple of weeks ago.

[Solly Mack]

5. k/r

[mopinko]

6. knr