Science Source Stock Photo - Weather Forecasters, Tuskegee Airmen, 1945

Weather Forecasters, Tuskegee Airmen, 1945

Description: Weather forecasters for the Tuskegee Airmen at work. 1945. There were no African-Americans in the U.S. Weather Bureau at the outset of World War II. Fifteen African-Americans were commissioned as Army Air Forces weather officers during World War II. These men received their commissions primarily from the meteorological aviation cadet program, although several did complete Officer Candidate School having served first as enlisted weathermen. Following their training African-American weather officers were assigned to flying squadrons. Four eventually deployed to the Mediterranean combat theater with their squadrons. African-American weather officers also served with segregated units during the war at Selfridge and Oscoda Fields, Michigan; at Walterboro, South Carolina; at Freeman Field, Indiana; and at Godman Field, Kentucky.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2491982

Legacy Identifier: BT1520

Type: Image

Size: 5750px × 4967px (~81 MB)

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