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June 2020 the Entire Country CAF RISE ABOVE® Inspiring young people to RISE ABOVE adversity using the lessons and stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). For the past few months we have been struggling to cope with a pandemic that has affected the entire world. While there are certainly some areas and regions which are more greatly impacted, it appears for the most part things are turning around. I was anticipating writing to everyone this month about the dust and clouds clearing, but the horrible and inexcusable actions that resulted in the death of a man named George Floyd, brought to the Photo courtesy Chris Ebon forefront another issue, discrimination, that has crippled In This Issue - June 2020 the entire country. • Tour schedule at a glance The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) adamantly condemns racism - • Greetings from the Ambassador discrimination or bias against any individual or group due to race, religion, team age, or gender. We vigorously support people’s rights to peacefully assemble, • Volunteer Spotlight protest, and communicate their concerns and frustrations. • Tuskegee Airmen: Did you know Many of us have been around for long enough to know that this pain and • Our mission in action suffering has unfortunately gone on for far too long for generations of Black • Educational resources Americans. I am especially moved when I think about how many black men • Tuskegee Airmen Profiles: Terry and women have valiantly served in defense of America, fighting for freedom, Bailey which they do not equally receive at home. • And then there where women! Octavia M. Bridgewater As the leader of an organization whose mission is to educate, honor, and • Tuskegee Airmen: Quote of the inspire, I believe that the Commemorative Air Force has a responsibility to act. month • Shop with a purpose As students of history we know what happens when people are not educated • Join the Top Flight Club about the past – it is repeated. We know the potential that can be unlocked • Tuskegee Airmen: Archive when someone is inspired by greatness. We know that to honor those who photos fought for our freedom. We must acknowledge their actions by continuing to • Tuskegee Airmen: Virtual defend them, and know that all people deserve freedom. Museum artifact spotlight • WASP Profile: Elaine Harmon In order to be victorious in World War II our nation had to come together. • WASP: Quote of the month When we became united, we became the Arsenal of Democracy, and fought • WASP: Did you know valiantly for what is right. In order for us to move forward, we must learn from • WASP: Archive photos our history, remain vigilant, and become united so that we may move forward • Thank you supporters as an organization, a community, and a nation. • For more information One nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all. Hank Coates President/CEO Commemorative Air Force In case you missed it! An Evening with Charles McGee A Facebook Live interview with Tuskegee Airman and USAF Brigadier General (ret) Charles McGee recorded on May 27 with host Doug Rozendaal. An hour of inspiration with an original Tuskegee Airman! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!! June 24 at 7pm Central The CAF Red Tail Squadron is hosting another Facebook Live interview! Our guests will be Tuskegee Airman Lt Col Harold Brown and Captain Jack Wichser. On March 14, 1945, on his 30th mission, while strafing over Austria, Brown’s aircraft was badly damaged by debris from the explosion of a locomotive he had just strafed. His engine was destroyed and he was forced to immediately bail out. Harold eventually arrived some eight days later near Nuremberg, Germany, where he was interned in the POW camp Stalag XIII-D. Capt Wicher was a B-24 Bombardier on his 17th mission on July 17, 1944, his aircraft was shot down by German ground artillary (flak) over France. He was thereafter sent to Stalag Luft 1 as a POW. RISE ABOVE tour schedule at a glance PLEASE CHECK OUR SCHEDULE ONLINE FOR UPDATES! DATE EVENT LOCATION September 5-6 Kansas City Airshow New Century, KS RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang September 19 Dynamic Aviation Air Show Bridgewater, VA RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang September 25 Arsenal of Democracy Fly-Over [Postponed from May 8] Washington D.C. P-51C Mustang October 7-11 Tri-State Warbird Museum Batavia, OH RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang October 24-25 Thunder Over the Rock Little Rock AFB, AR RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang October BFTS Flight Museum Terrell, TX 28-November 1 RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit November 7-8 Stuart Airshow Stuart, FL RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang November 14-15 Joint Base San Antonio Airshow San Antonio, TX RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang To book RISE ABOVE for your event contact Kristi Younkin, Senior Logistics Coordinator, at [email protected] or call (479) 228-4520 Page 2 GREETINGS FROM THE AMBASSADOR TEAM! As the country begins to slowly move again, the pandemic continues to have an impact on the airshow industry and those community events that attract large crowds. The CAF RISE ABOVE tour is still on pause and all events we were scheduled to attend through to August, have been cancelled. Though the tour has stopped, our work continues. We need to keep telling the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilot’s (WASP), to share their stories about overcoming any obstacle so to inspire others that they too, can triumph over adversity. If you have some time to help out behind the scenes, we are seeking volunteers to go through Facebook posts so they can be archived and added to the website and resource kits. Perhaps you would rather like to be our boots on the ground when we get back on the road. Whatever your preference, we have a role for you! I invite you to reach out at cafriseabove.org and find out more about what Volunteer Coordinator we do. Melanie Burden Page 3 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT Brian Hamilton Perhaps it was my visit to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH as a little boy, or to my first EAA AirVenture in the late 1970s, but something about those experiences gave me a love for all thing’s aviation – especially the WWII Warbirds. I have great memories of building model airplanes and of wanting to meet some of the brave men who flew these machines. That passion has driven me to pursue a private pilot certificate and attend AirVenture every year possible. One year, I had a chance meeting with Tuskegee Airman Robert “Fox” Martin, who gave me a little background about who they were. After that, I made an effort to stop by the Tuskegee Airmen booth at the airshow to say hello to him every year. I realized that it was important for me to pass this interest onto my children and stress how important it was for them to meet these heroes, because in the next decade none will be here to tell their stories firsthand. When I heard about an opportunity to volunteer with the Red Tail Squadron, I jumped at the chance. I’ve been fortunate to be able to spend time with these heroes and have gotten to meet some incredible team members. I had the opportunity to personally interview BGen. Charles McGee and LtCol. George Hardy. Hearing their real experiences of adversity, racial injustice, and how they overcame those obstacles only reinforced to me, the importance of having the story of these Airmen and their crews told. I think it’s important for the youth to not only learn about the story of these courageous men, but to also be able to overcome adversity in their own lives by applying the life lessons learned by the Tuskegee Airmen – Aim High, Believe in Yourself, Use Your Brain, Be Ready to Go, Never Quit and Expect to Win. It has been a pleasure serving with the Red Tail Squadron and seeing the excited faces of the youth and adults after viewing the movie in the Traveling Exhibit, hearing things like “I never knew that,” “that was so cool,” and “how can I tell my students about this” has made it even more fulfilling. Page 4 DID YOU KNOW? On this date, the following Tuskegee Airmen events occurred: 9 June 1943: The 99th Fighter Squadron encountered enemy aircraft for the first time during a mission on which it escorted 12 A-20s over Pantelleria Island. Four of the P-40s from the squadron intercepted four Me-109 German fighters causing the enemy to flee. The P-40s of another squadron escorted the A-20s home. (99th Fighter Squadron history, Mar-Oct 1943) 9 June 1944: The 332d Fighter Group helped escort B-24s and B-17s of the 5th, 47th, 49th, 55th, and 304th Bombardment Wings on a raid to Munich, Germany, the group’s first mission over Germany (332d Fighter Group mission report number 3). Four Tuskegee Airmen shot down a total of five enemy Me-109 airplanes that day. The victors included 2d Lt. Frederick D. Funderburg, who shot down 2 Me-109s, and 1st Lts Charles M. Bussy, Melvin T. Jackson, and Wendell O. Pruitt, who each shot down one Me-109 (Fifteenth Air Force general order number 1473, issued on 30 June 1944; 332d Fighter Group history for June 1944). These were the first aerial victories of the 332d Fighter Group (not counting the 99th Fighter Squadron). (332d Fighter Group history, December 1944 [summary of year’s accomplishments]). For this mission, group commander Colonel Benjamin O.
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