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Plot way for fighter pilots Enlisted men at work at the Post Operations mapping out cross-country flights for TAFS's pursuit pilots.

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[Between 1941 And 1945]
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Keywords

  1. Aeronautics
  2. African Americans
  3. Alabama
  4. Army Air Forces
  5. Military Personnel
  6. Military Service
  7. People
  8. Photographic Prints
  9. Tuskegee Army Air Field
  10. United States
  11. World War, 1939 1945

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