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Who is the author?
Angela Johnson
What do they do on the top of the red barn?
They watch the wind flyers
There are faster planes and more people than ever
What is the color of the plane that uncle takes him to fly in?
Blue
How many squadrons were there?
Only 4
From the video:
how many missions did the Tuskegee Airmen fly?
more than 1500 missions
Who is the illustrator?
Why did they create the 332nd fighter Group?
The army air force was under pressure from the NAACP and other groups
75 cents
How many enemy aircrafts did they shoot down?
112
What name is written on the plane he flew as a Tuskegee airman?
Stella
Did the 332nd ever lose a bomber to enemy fire?
No they never lost a single one, this is what set them apart from the other squadrons
What kind of wind flyer was his great great uncle?
A Tuskegee wind flyer
The Roosevelt administration pressured the Air Force to use the Fighter group, where and when were they posted?
They were posted in North Africa in 1943
true or false :
The army had no intention of using the Tuskegee airmen in battle
True
what did uncle do after the war?
he crop dusted (this means spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft)
He cried
When was the 332nd fighter group formed?
1942
What did he do when he was 5 years old?
He jumped off a chicken coop
How did they get the name Tuskegee airmen?
They were trained on an airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama
Uncle became a Tuskegee Airman with...
the 332nd fighter group
How many pilots AND support personnel did the segregated squadron eventually produce?
600 pilots
145,000 support personnel
What three lines are repeated in the book?
Into the Wind
Against the wind
Beyond the wind
True or false:
The 332nd fighter group was the only four-squadron fighter group in the Army Air Force
True
He jumped off a barn into soft hay