The Tuskegee Airmen fought bravely against the dual tyranny of the Axis powers abroad and Jim Crow segregation at home. Known as the Red Trails, they became famous for their skill, courage and bravery, as well as their matchless record of successfully escorting and repeatedly protecting bombers on perilous missions and for many other great feats in military aviation. Eight Philadelphia airmen shown as young men were Ted Ramsey, Henry Moore, Eugene Richardson, John Harrison, Ben Calloway, Burt Levy, Roscoe Draper and William Cousins, followed by B.O. Davis and Noel Parrish, and Chief Alfred Anderson was the great flight trainer. Women and men, black and white, as well as mechanics, armorers, and construction workers who built Tuskegee Army Airfield, all served valiantly in the Tuskegee experience.
