Tuskegee museum gets rare World War II plane

Tuskegee museum gets rare World War II plane

From The Detroit News: Tuskegee museum gets rare World War II plane | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Fighter planes used by the America's first African-American military aviators are difficult to find. That's why the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum jumped at the chance to purchase one: spending $200,000 to pay for a WWII T-6 training plane once used by the famed all-black aviation unit. The T-6 Texan trainer aircraft - known as the "pilot maker" - will be located at Detroit City Airport and used for youth training and air shows. The vintage aircraft was made at North American Aviation's Dallas factory, delivered in 1943 to Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama and used until 1945. (detnews.com)