Subject of:

Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916  Search this

Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946  Search this

Maycie Herrington, American, 1918 - 2016  Search this

Paul Adams, American, 1920 - 2013  Search this

Charles E. McGee, American, 1919 - 2022  Search this

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, American, born 1920  Search this

Wilbur Mason, American, 1924 - 2016  Search this

Samuel Wesley Henderson, American, 1921 - 2016  Search this

Cyril O. Bryon, American, 1920 - 2015  Search this

George M. Boyd, American, 1926 - 2018  Search this

William J. Childs, American, 1923 - 2013  Search this

Alexander Jefferson, American, 1921 - 2022  Search this

LeRoy Eley, American, 1927 - 2012  Search this

O. Oliver Goodall, American, 1922 - 2010  Search this

Charles A. Lane, American, 1925 - 2013  Search this

Thurston L. Gaines Jr., American, 1922 - 2016  Search this

Lee A. Archer Jr., American, 1919 - 2010  Search this

Earl Martin, American, 1924 - 2019  Search this

Franklin J. Macon, American, 1923 - 2020  Search this

Rusty Burns, American, 1925 - 2022  Search this

Asa D. Herring Jr., American, 1926 - 2022  Search this

James E. Randall, American, 1926 - 2019  Search this

William H. Holloman III, American, 1924 - 2010  Search this

Robert Holts, American, 1924 - 2021  Search this

Bev Dunjill, American, 1927 - 2013  Search this

Leonard Hall, American, 1926 - 2013  Search this

Fitzroy Newsum, American, 1918 - 2013  Search this

James Harvey, American, born 1923  Search this

Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, American, 1922 - 2016  Search this

Samuel C. Hunter Jr., American, 1919 - 2013  Search this

Leo R. Gray, American, 1924 - 2016  Search this

Quentin Smith, American, 1918 - 2013  Search this

Oscar C. Gadson Jr., American, 1919 - 2021  Search this

James C. Warren, American, 1923 - 2014  Search this

Robert Ashby, American, 1926 - 2021  Search this

Claude R. Platte Jr., American, 1921 - 2013  Search this

Milton Williams Jr., American, 1922 - 2017  Search this

Used by:

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881  Search this

Medium:

steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic

Dimensions:

H x W x D (2011.82.1): 114 × 386 × 300 in. (289.6 × 980.4 × 762 cm)

H x W x D (2011.82.2 baggage claim door): 21 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (54.6 × 78.1 × 7 cm)

Type:

training aircraft

Date:

ca. 1944

Caption:

A vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.

Description:

The body of the PT-13D Stearman Kaydet aircraft is painted blue and the wings are painted yellow. The tail is yellow with red and white stripes. The numbers "18303" are white and located on the left and right sides of fuselage. "Spirit of Tuskegee" is printed in red and located on the left and right sides of engine cowl. There are two stars located on either side of the top wing. The stars are white within a black circle. Within the white stars are red circles. On the cargo cover are the signatures of 36 former Tuskegee Airmen.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Military  Search this

Tuskegee Airmen  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.82.1-.2

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Transportation Vehicles

Exhibition:

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e994f4e9-bef9-41b4-86d9-a2b0ce43f9fc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.82.1-.2