August 31st, 2015. Start of the week, end of the month. Sue serio off. Scott williams good enough to wake up super early. Good morning. The bright and early on this monday. It will be a steamy one stepping outdoors. The look at the temperatures here in philadelphia. Already 78 degrees. We have due points measure of the moisture in the atmosphere. Anytime they are above 60 it feels uncomfortable. Dew point readings right now at 66 degrees. Look at the temperature area wide. Mild start in allentown. Sixtynine in the lehigh valley. We have 72 in reading. Right now doylestown 72. West chester 72 degrees. The temperatures right now in sections of the dover, 75. We are looking at mid 70s in atlantic city. Temperatures are pretty mild. It will be a pretty muggy day out there. So, near 6 30 we are looking at temperatures won again pretty muggy. Look at the High Temperature later on right around 90degree. We had 91 yesterday. It looks like another potential heat wave brewing as we head into thi
Exposure class twin light and youth. We also provide educational grants to collegebound students. Port us and follow us online. Eccta. Org. As we work to enlighten our youth to the opportunities that aviation provides. And promote the legacy of the tuskegee airmen. I would like to thank you. A round of applause for our panelists. Also speaking at the Conference Last Week were members of the legendary who conducteders the first raids on japan in world war ii. The panel included the man who served as Jimmy Doolittles copilot. They make a historical comparison between the knot sees nazis and isis. This is about 45 minutes. Thank you. I appreciate your support. A little nervous in the front row. Can you guys hear me in the back . Think of some questions. Make this an interactive panel. It is not so much me asking the questions. We want you to be able to ask the questions of these legends of world war ii. A quick introduction before the speaking program begins. The highestjames decorated of
Assigned to was the 477th bomber group. General Benjamin Davis later became the Commanding Officer of that group. The 477th bomber group never saw action. Before we completed our training, the war ended. We remained stateside during the war. I was discharged for the convenience of the government in that is my career with the 1945. Military. Thank you. [applause] gentlemen, i have another question for each of you. I would like to ask you, what is your most vivid memory of serving in the military . I would like to start with mr. Pride. Go to pride, please. My most vivid memory was during Gunnery School. At central field, florida. We started off with shotguns, shooting skeet. During the training, we ended up shooting skeet out of the backend of a truck. On one particular day, i made 50 out of 50. I went back to the squadron. They said, you have the day off from Gunnery School because you did so well. You have kp tomorrow. [applause] [laughter] gunnery was something i enjoyed. That was one
Was maintained by war fighting sources. The total combat sorties was 15,943. Total aerial kills was 112. Id like to ask everybody a question. How many of you have heard that the Tuskegee Airmen never lost a bomber under their escort . Ok. Education time. Ladies and gentlemen, im here to tell you that the myth of never losing a bomber is false. The total number of bombers lost while under escort by the Tuskegee Airmen was 27. This is going through air force records both on the enemy side and on our side. By comparison, the average number of bombers lost while under other p51 squadron protections in theater was 46 for the same period of time so even though they did lose aircraft, their effectiveness showed they were a stretch above the average p51 unit in theater at that time. Please feel free to pass that information on. To date, 66 tuskegee pilots gave the ultimate sacrifice and were killed in north africa and european combat zones. Additionally, 32 were shot down and captured and late
Tuskegee airmen. We have the pleasure of hearing from jim pride former Radio Operator of the Tuskegee Airmen. Major anderson, former Ground Support serviceman of the Tuskegee Airmen. Bill fontroy, former pilot cadet. And finally, steven mccoy. Chairman of the speakers bureau. Please help me in welcoming these brave men of the Tuskegee Airmen. [applause] good morning, everyone. How are we this morning . Excellent. Except. First id like to thank the wonderful production the general gave us and give her a round of applause again. Thank you. Id also like to thank cadet cable for her wonderful introduction of us. The Tuskegee Airmen seated here and i will like to welcome you to this Panel Discussion about the history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen. We wish to thank the American Veteran center for allowing us to speak this morning in this wonderful venue. We wish to express our special thanks to our contact within the American Veterans center, wes smith. Please feel free to chat with our