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Tuskegee Army Flight School Scrapbook and Flight Log. ...
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Tuskegee Army Flight School Scrapbook and Flight Log. 27 pages, 10.25" x 13", Tuskegee, Alabama; circa 1940s-1958. Seemingly compiled by Corporal Moses A. "Mat" Thornton Jr. during his time at the Tuskegee Army Flight School, it includes over two hundred black and white photographs illustrating in fascinating detail the training required to be a Tuskegee Airman, as well as the camaraderie between the soldiers. Most photographs have been annotated by Thornton. After the war Thornton moved to Los Angeles and began working for Western Union. The final pages of the scrapbook document this move and his growing family. [Together with]: Tuskegee Flight Log. Sixteen pages, 7" x 4", Tuskegee, Alabama; October 1, 1943 to May 23, 1944. Provides an extraordinary amount of detail about each test flight including the make of the aircraft and engine, the certificate number, and remarks made by the instructor.Although there are many surviving copies of training manuals and yearbooks, this is one of the few known scrapbooks of how Tuskegee Airmen trained. Includes many wonderful illustrations that capture the camaraderie of the Tuskegee Airmen. Hugely significant.
Condition: A few pages of the scrapbook have detached and are laid in. Several photographs have separated and are likewise laid in. The scrapbook pages are brittle with some light edgewear, but the photographs are in excellent condition. Flight log is rubbed with some heavy edgewear to the boards, but is clean and bright internally.
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2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
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