they were allowed to serve as a pilots, navigators,bombardiers, and support personal when president roosevelt directed the air crops to admit black unis, but were required to serve in segregateed flying unites.
They were minorities who helped break the stereotypes and win World War 2
By the phrasing of your question I am going to assume you are referring to the number of African-American men who died during World War II whom were referred to as the Tuskegee Airman. The Tuskegee Airman were African-American pilots whom were part of the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. During the time of the war, 992 pilots were trained in Tuskegee at this time and of those, 150 men lost their lives either to accidents during missions or in combat.
The Tuskegee Airmen began training in June 1941 at the Tuskegee Institute. Forty-seven officers and 429 enlisted men made up the Tuskegee Airmen.
there were about 794 people in the begginning
First Black men to fly in WW2
The Tuskegee Airmen trained in Tuskegee, Alabama which is where they got their name.
they were air support.
Black servicemen of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) who trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field in World War II. They constituted the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military is who ran the Tuskegee Airman.
The Tuskegee Airmen, officially USAAF 332nd Fighter Group.
The leader of the Tuskegee Airmen was Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. He was the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and played a crucial role in commanding the 332nd Fighter Group during World War II. Under his leadership, the Tuskegee Airmen earned a distinguished reputation for their bravery and skill in combat, significantly contributing to the desegregation of the U.S. military.
Overseas, in Italy, as part of the 12th US Army Air Force.
There are a number of interesting facts about the Tuskegee Airmen. Most notably, these men all volunteered to fight for their country. There were 1,000 pilots trained in Tuskegee in the early 1940s.