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Book SynopsisThis book is a rare and important gift. One of the few memoirs of combat in World War II by a distinguished African-American flier, it is also perhaps the only account of the African-American experience in a German prison camp.
Trade Review"... If Detroit's Museum of African American History wants to prosper, it need do no more than establish a wing for one of the great stories of the Second World War, the tales of the Tuskegee Airmen, the military's first black pilots, who were trained at a remote training complex near Tuskegee, Alabama... The black bomber escorts made history because they never lost a bomber to the enemy...Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free ... 56 years in the making, is the result of thousands of hours of Alexander Jefferson's working in his basement. It should be a part of every public school and community library in America." -Detroit News and Free Press "... One of the few memoirs of combat in World War II by a distinguished African-American flier; it is perhaps the only account of the African-American experience in a German prison camp." -Ebony "Photographs and Jefferson's drawings during his imprisonment add to the fascination of this memoir." -Booklist
Table of ContentsDedication Foreword by Lewis H. Carlson Alexander Jefferson Timeline Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Detroit: The Formative Years Chapter 2. Clark College Chapter 3. The Making of a Tuskegee Airman Chapter 4. Combat Chapter 5. Captured! Chapter 6. Stalag Luft III Chapter 7. Stalag VIIA and Liberation Chapter 8. Civilian! Postscript Appendix The Legacy Lives On! Selected Sources Index
